barachois

These barachois are inland lagoons connected with the main lagoon by a narrow outlet some 2 fathoms deep or more. They are filled and emptied every tide, and their floor is intersected by numerous small channels running in every direction[…]

1888, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, page 457

These private barachois are walled ponds or "fish paddocks," which, by permission, may be replenished from Government reserves. Certain parts of the coast are set apart, which are called "reserves," and in which no fishing can take place[…]

1906, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers, page 43

All along the southern sweep of the Gaspé coast these barachois are found; and Gaspé Bay itself, like the rest, has its bar, tickle and barachois; the tickle being the narrow and parlous ship passage between the long bar of Sandy Beach and the broad Peninsula, each of these bars[…]

1908, John Mason Clarke, Sketches of Gaspé, page 32

Other barachois are located at the mouths of Bonaventure and Nouvelle rivers. Cuspate bars are developed at Paspébiac and New Carlisle; the triangular bar at Paspébiac encloses a large barachois.

1939, Stuart Alvord Northrop, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Silurian Rocks of the Port Daniel-Black Cape Region, Gaspé, Geological Society of America, →ISBN, page 21

These days, the barachois are increasingly recognized for their ecological value and many local groups are active in preserving, restoring and enhancing them.

1999, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, The St. Lawrence Marine Environment: Knowledge and Action, 1993-1998, Maurice Lamontagne Institute Ma Fisheries and Oceans Canada