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'''Isle Madame''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[island]] located off the southeastern corner of [[Cape Breton Island]] in [[Nova Scotia]].
'''Isle Madame''' is an island off southeastern [[Cape Breton Island]] in [[Nova Scotia]]. It is part of the [[Municipality of the County of Richmond]].


The island was settled by France as part of its colony of [[Île-Royale (New France)|Île-Royale]] (present-day Cape Breton Island). It is presumed to have been named for [[Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon|Madame de Maintenon]], the second wife of France's King [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://imhs.ca/|title=The Isle Madame Historical Society and Lenoir Forge museum.|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> After the fall of [[Louisbourg]] in 1758, 4,000 inhabitants were deported. However, a group of ten Acadian families from Port-Toulouse fled to this Isle Madame where their descendants still live today. Following the [[Seven Years' War]], Île-Royale and its constituent territories such as Isle Madame, reverted to British control. Some Acadian families also made their way from [[Massachusetts]] to Isle Madame in 1766.<ref name="arsenault">ARSENAULT, Bona, Histoire des Acadiens, Bibliothèque nationale du Québec. 1978. Lemaéac p. 324</ref>
Once part of the French colony of [[Île-Royale (New France)|Île-Royale]], it may have been named for [[Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://imhs.ca/|title=The Isle Madame Historical Society and Lenoir Forge museum.|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> After the fall of [[Louisbourg]] in 1758, 4,000 inhabitants were deported. However, a group of 10 Acadian families from Port-Toulouse fled to this Isle Madame where their descendants still live today.


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It is separated from Cape Breton Island by the [[Lennox Passage (waterway)|Lennox Passage]], but connected by a [[causeway]]. The island is also connected by bridge to [[Petit-de-Grat Island]], and by causeway and bridge to [[Janvrin Island]]. Since 1994, the island has been served by a community television station, [[CIMC-TV]], also known as Telile.
Measuring 16&nbsp;km long and 11&nbsp;km wide, giving approximately 45&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, Isle Madame is jurisdictionally part of [[Richmond County, Nova Scotia|Richmond County]] and is separated from Cape Breton Island by a narrow [[strait]] named [[Lennox Passage (waterway)|Lennox Passage]].


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Isle Madame is home to approximately 4,300 residents located in the following communities on the island, moslty in [[Arichat, Nova Scotia|Arichat]], [[D'Escousse, Nova Scotia|D'Escousse]], and [[Petit de Grat, Nova Scotia|Petit de Grat]].
Initially, the strait was crossed by [[ferry|ferries]]. The first [[swing bridge]] crossing Lennox Passage to connect with Isle Madame was constructed beginning in 1916, and opened in 1919. The [[Grandique Ferry]] service also crossed the passage between Martinique and Louisdale. In 1970, following the grounding and subsequent breakup of the Liberian tanker Arrow in [[Chedabucto Bay]] spilling her cargo of heavy [[bunker C]] oil, the [[Government of Nova Scotia]] built a [[causeway]] between Burnt Point and Burnt Island to prevent the spilled oil from further damaging the fishing area of the Passage. Following the oil spill cleanup in the early 1970s, the old bridge was demolished and the ferry service was terminated after a new combined [[causeway]] and single-leaf [[bascule bridge]] (the Burnt Island Bridge) was built across Lennox Passage.

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Isle Madame is also connected by bridge to neighbouring [[Petit-de-Grat Island]], and by causeway and bridge to [[Janvrin Island]]. Since 1994, the island has been served by a community television station, [[CIMC-TV]], also known as Telile.

==Communities==
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Isle Madame is home to approximately 4,300 residents located in the following communities on the island:
[[File:NSRoute320.jpg|thumb|Route sign in Arichat]]

* [[Alderney Point, Cap Breton|Alderney Point]]
* [[Arichat, Nova Scotia|Arichat]]
* [[Boudreauville, Nova Scotia|Boudreauville]]
* [[Cape Auguet, Nova Scotia|Cape Auguet]]
* [[Cap La Ronde, Nova Scotia|Cap La Ronde]]
* [[D'Escousse, Nova Scotia|D'Escousse]]
* [[Lennox, Nova Scotia|Lennox]]
* [[Lochside, Nova Scotia|Lochside]]
* [[Martinique, Nova Scotia|Martinique]]
* [[Little Anse, Nova Scotia|Little Anse]]
* [[Petit de Grat, Nova Scotia|Petit de Grat]]
* [[Poirierville, Nova Scotia|Poirierville]]
* [[Pondville, Nova Scotia|Pondville]]
* [[Pondville South, Nova Scotia|Pondville South]]
* [[Port Royal, Richmond County, Nova Scotia|Port Royal]]
* [[Poulamon, Nova Scotia|Poulamon]]
* [[Rocky Bay, Nova Scotia|Rocky Bay]]
* [[Samson's Cove, Nova Scotia|Samson's Cove]]
* [[St. Marys, Richmond, Nova Scotia|St. Marys]]
* [[West Arichat]]


==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.growislemadame.com/main_page.asp Grow Isle Madame]
* [http://www.telile.tv/ Telile Community Television]


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Revision as of 02:57, 31 July 2021

Isle Madame (Nova Scotia) is located in Nova Scotia
Isle Madame (Nova Scotia)
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Isle Madame in Nova Scotia
Isle Madame
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Geography
Standortnear Cape Breton Island
Coordinates45°33′N 61°00′W / 45.550°N 61.000°W / 45.550; -61.000
Area45 km2 (17 sq mi)
Administration
Kanada
ProvinceNova Scotia
Largest settlementArichat (pop. 2,000)
Demographics
Population4,300 (2001)
Pop. density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsAcadians

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.[1] After the fall of Louisbourg in 1758, 4,000 inhabitants were deported. However, a group of 10 Acadian families from Port-Toulouse fled to this Isle Madame where their descendants still live today.

It is separated from Cape Breton Island by the Lennox Passage, but connected by a causeway. The island is also connected by bridge to Petit-de-Grat Island, and by causeway and bridge to Janvrin Island. Since 1994, the island has been served by a community television station, CIMC-TV, also known as Telile.

Isle Madame is home to approximately 4,300 residents located in the following communities on the island, moslty in Arichat, D'Escousse, and Petit de Grat.

References

  1. ^ "The Isle Madame Historical Society and Lenoir Forge museum". Retrieved 2019-08-22.

45°33′N 61°00′W / 45.550°N 61.000°W / 45.550; -61.000

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