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Cap-aux-Meules
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thumb|Map of Cap-aux-Meules (near the centre of the image where the blue ferry lines converge). thumb|The MV Lucy Maud Montgomery|Lucy Maud Montgomery ferry, approaching the Cap-aux-Meules ferry terminal Cap-aux-Meules (, "Grindstone") is a former village, now a sector of the municipality of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec. It is located on Cap aux Meules Island (Grindstone Island), part of the Magdalen Islands archipelago, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Canada.
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Place details
- Locality
- Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
- Region
- Québec
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 12,190
- Timezone
- America/Halifax
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Cap-aux-Meules
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Quebec
- Population
- 2516
- Image
- Cap-aux-meules-marina-idlm2006.jpg
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- inception
- 1950-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2002-01-01
- replaced by
- Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Waterway
- References
thumb|Map of Cap-aux-Meules (near the centre of the image where the blue ferry lines converge). thumb|The MV Lucy Maud Montgomery|Lucy Maud Montgomery ferry, approaching the Cap-aux-Meules ferry terminal Cap-aux-Meules (, "Grindstone") is a former village, now a sector of the municipality of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec. It is located on Cap aux Meules Island (Grindstone Island), part of the Magdalen Islands archipelago, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Canada.
The sheltered port of Cap-aux-Meules is an important fishing harbour, as well as a commercial cargo and ferry terminal. The ferry company, Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien (CTMA), operates a ferry service to Souris, Prince Edward Island, as well as a year-round cargo service to Matane and Montreal, Quebec.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cap-aux-Meules” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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