The Îles de la Madeleine – A Brief History –

“… belong to Quebec, despite being twice as close to Cape Breton Island as they are the Gaspé Peninsula. …
Today, islanders with names like Cormier, Boudreau, Arseneau, Thériault, Vigneau, Lapierre, Clark, and Dickson welcome a growing stream of visitors who come to discover the splendours of the land and sea. Visitors would do well to learn the tale of the Madelinots’ seven or eight generatons on the archipelago, a tale told by this brief history. “