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    Cape Breton Island (French: île du Cap-Breton, formerly île Royale; Scottish Gaelic: Ceap Breatainn or Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn; Miꞌkmaq: Unamaꞌki) is a...
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    of the village of Cap-aux-Meules and the municipalities (Villages) of Fatima, Grande-Entrée, Grosse-Île, Havre-aux-Maisons, L'Étang-du-Nord and Havre-Aubert...
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    The Île de Sein [il də sɛ̃] is a Breton island in the Atlantic Ocean, off Finistère, eight kilometres from the Pointe du Raz (raz meaning "water current")...
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    Primelin, Plogoff and the Île-de-Sein. This territory is covered by a commonality of communes (Communauté de communes du Cap-Sizun), which includes all...
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  • Grande-Entrée, Grosse-Île, Havre-aux-Maisons, L'Étang-du-Nord, L'Île-du-Havre-Aubert. In a 2004 referendum both Cap-aux-Meules and Grosse-Île voted to de-merge...
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    The Île de Batz (French pronunciation: [il də ba]; Breton: Enez-Vaz) is an island off Roscoff in Brittany, France. Administratively, it is a commune in...
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    Lawrence contains Anticosti Island, Prince Edward Island, Îles-de-la-Madeleine archipelago, Cape Breton Island, Saint Pierre Island, and Miquelon-Langlade....
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    84722 (Havre-Aubert) Havre-Aubert located on Île du Havre Aubert is a village in the municipality of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine. It is part of the Magdalen...
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  • English, of: Île Longue Île Verte Île Noire, Plage de la Demi-Lune, Trou du Ressac. Ross himself names only three places: Baie Rhodes Récifts du Terror, the...
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  • (Saint-Malo, November 1560 – 1629 or soon after), said Du Pont (or Le Pont, Pontgravé...), was a Breton navigator (captain on the sea and on the "Big River...
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    d'Arrée further inland Douarnenez Plomodiern[citation needed] Cap Sizun and the Pointe du Raz Loctudy Pont-Aven Lorient Quiberon Auray Vannes La Roche-Bernard...
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    Ushant (redirect from Île d'Ouessant)
    name in English. Neighbouring islets include Keller Island (Île de Keller) and Kadoran (Île Cadoran) to the north. The 200-meter (660 ft) channel between...
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    Pointe-au-Père lighthouse, in use from 1908 to 1975 Cap-des-Rosiers, the tallest lighthouse in Canada: 34.1 M Île-Verte Lighthouse, built in 1809, third oldest...
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    archéologique du Finistère, 1998. Dictionnaire du patrimoine breton, Editions Apogée, 2001. Histoires de Bretagne, l'histoire des Bretons, Le Télégramme...
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  • port captain of what would become Fortress Louisbourg on Île-Royale (present-day Cape Breton Island). Arriving the following year, he oversaw the construction...
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    The Breton Chasseurs (French: Chasseurs Bretons) was a chasseur battalion of the French Royal Army which was created just before the French Revolution...
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  • as Pointe du Grouin, Cap Fréhel and Pointe du Raz are the main sites visited in the region. As for the islands, Belle-Île-en-Mer, Bréhat, Île aux Moines...
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    Molène (redirect from Île-Molène)
    Molène or Molene (French: Île-Molène; Breton: Molenez, "Bald Island") is an island in the Atlantic off the west coast of Brittany in northwestern France...
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    Bigouden (Breton: Bro-Vigoudenn; French: Pays Bigouden), historically known as Cap Caval, is, along the Bay of Audierne, the most south-western area of...
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    Newfoundland, Les voyages aventureux du Capitaine Martin de Hoyarsabal, habitant du çubiburu: Giſant le cap de Breton & le pertuis de Miqueton est oest,...
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    et mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle, civile et politique du Cap Breton, depuis son établissement jusqu'à la reprise de cette Isle par les Anglois...
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    Le Conquet (category Articles containing Breton-language text)
    westernmost town of mainland France. Only three island towns—Ouessant, Île-Molène and Ile de Sein—are farther west.[citation needed] The port of Le Conquet...
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    Roscoff (category Articles containing Breton-language text)
    View of Roscoff from Île-de-Batz Boats at low tide in Roscoff Roscoff Harbour at low tide Roscoff from Bridge to the ferry to Île-de-Batz at low tide The...
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  • "Pointe du Gouvernement". The mouth of the South River is located on the limits of the seigneuries of Noyan and Sabrevois, very close to Île aux Noix...
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  • List of French flags Regional flags Communal flags Breton flags Corsican flags Flags of Île-de-France Occitan flags Flags of Pays de la Loire Presidential...
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    Maine remained contested territory. Prince Edward Island (Île Saint-Jean) and Cape Breton (Île Royale) remained under French control, as agreed under Article...
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    Arrondissement of Quimper (category Articles containing Breton-language text)
    The arrondissement of Quimper (Breton: arondisamant Kemper) is an arrondissement of France in the Finistère department, Brittany. It has 84 communes. Its...
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    Prince Edward Island (PEI; French: Île-du-Prince-Édouard; Scottish Gaelic: Eilean a' Phrionnsa; colloquially known as The Island) is one of the thirteen...
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    the northwest coast of France. It lies on the rock known as Gorlebella (Breton for "farthest rock"), guiding mariners in the strait Raz de Sein, across...
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    Crozon (category Articles containing Breton-language text)
    Crozon (French pronunciation: [kʁɔzɔ̃], [kʁozɔ̃]; Breton: Kraozon, [ˈkrɔːzõn], locally [ˈkraõn]) is a commune in the department of Finistère and the administrative...
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