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Isle Madame (45º33'00"N, 61º02'57"W) is a Canadian island located at off the southeastern corner of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant Cape Breton Island ( French: île du Cap-Breton - formerly île Royale, Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Cheap Breatuinn, Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's

The island was settled by France as part of its colony of "Ile Royale" (present-day Cape Breton Island). It is presumed to have been named for Madame de Maintenon, the second wife of France's King Louis XIV. Françoise d'Aubigné Scarron Marquise de Maintenon ( November 27, 1635 - April 15, 1719) was the Morganatic second wife of King Early years Birth and ancestry Louis XIV was born in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye on September 5 1638 and bore the Heir apparent Following the Seven Years' War, Ile Royale and its constituent territories such as Isle Madame, reverted to British control. The Seven Years' War (1756&ndash1763 involved all of the major European powers of the period causing 900000 to 1400000 deaths

Measuring 16 km long and 11 km wide, Isle Madame is jurisdictionally part of Richmond County and is separated from Cape Breton Island by a narrow strait named Lennox Passage. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand Richmond County is a County in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. A strait is a narrow navigable Channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water Initially crossed by ferries, the first bridge crossing Lennox Passage to connect with Isle Madame was constructed beginning in 1916 and opening in 1919. See also Merchant ship A ferry is a form of transport usually a Boat or Ship, used to carry (or ferry) passengers and Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Grandique Ferry service also crossed the passage between Martinique and Louisdale. Grandique Ferry is a former community in Richmond County, Nova Scotia. In the early 1970s the old bridge was demolished and the ferry service was terminated after a new combined causeway and bridge (the Burnt Island Bridge) was built across Lennox Passage. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. In modern usage a causeway is a road or railway elevated by a bank usually across a broad Body of water or Wetland. A bridge is a Structure built to span a Gorge, Valley, Road, railroad track, River, Body of water

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Isle Madame is home to approximately 4,300 residents located in the following communities on the island:

Isle Madame is also connected by bridge to neighbouring Petit-de-Grat Island and by causeway and bridge to Janvrin Island. The village of Arichat is one of the oldest communities in Nova Scotia, dating back to the 1700s when tall ships ruled the seas D'Escousse is situated on the north-eastern side of Isle Madame. West Arichat is a community in Nova Scotia. West Arichat was once called Little Arichat.

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