Isle Madame

Isle Madame

Isle Madame is a Canadian island located at off the southeastern corner of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia.

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. Following the Seven Years' War, Ile Royale and its constituent territories such as Isle Madame, reverted to British control.

Measuring 16 km long and 11 km wide, giving approximately 45 km2, Isle Madame is jurisdictionally part of Richmond County and is separated from Cape Breton Island by a narrow strait named Lennox Passage.

Initially crossed by ferries, the first bridge crossing Lennox Passage to connect with Isle Madame was constructed beginning in 1916 and opening in 1919. The Grandique Ferry service also crossed the passage between Martinique and Louisdale. 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.

Isle Madame is also connected by bridge to neighbouring Petit-de-Grat Island and by causeway and bridge to Janvrin Island.

Communities

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

* Arichat
* Boudreauville
* Cape Auguet
* Cap La Ronde
* D'Escousse
* Lennox
* Lochside
* Martinique
* Poirierville
* Pondville
* Pondville South
* Port Royal
* Poulamon
* Rocky Bay
* St Marys
* West Arichat

External link

* [http://www.islemadame.ca Isle Madame - official website]


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