Veterans Museum & Memorial Park

Îles de la Madeleine


Honoring island citizens who lost their lives in WWII, this museum displays relics including 19th-century sailors' tombstones from Île Brion, 16km north – now an ecological reserve with 140 species of bird and interesting vegetation. Other relics include badges, letters home and soldiers' keepsakes.


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1. Little Red Schoolhouse

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2. Seal Interpretation Center

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3. Church of the Holy Trinity

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6. Butte Ronde

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