Isle Madame

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Isle Madame is an island off southeastern Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. It is part of the Municipality of the County of Richmond. ()

Alternative names: Area: 17.37 mi²Coordinates: 45°32'46"N, 61°1'0"W

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Nearby attractions include: Grandique Point Lighthouse, Lennox Passage Provincial Park, Alderney Point.

3.3 miN
Lighthouse
Grandique Point Lighthouse, Arichat
85 min walk • Grandique Point Lighthouse is an aid to navigation for Lennox Passage, which is the channel of water between the southern shore of Cape Breton Island and Isle Madame, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Park
Lennox Passage Provincial Park, Arichat
78 min walk • Lennox Passage Provincial Park is a small picnic and beach park on the shores of Lennox Passage on the North Shore of Isle Madame on Cape Breton Island with 2 kilometres of shoreline, an operating lighthouse and site of a former post office, ferry terminal and two limestone quarries.
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Island
Alderney Point
62 min walk • Isle Madame is an island off southeastern Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. It is part of the Municipality of the County of Richmond. Once part of the French colony of Île-Royale, it may have been named for Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon. After the fall of Louisbourg in 1758, 4,000 inhabitants were deported.