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Lamèque Island

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The island has an area of 150 square kilometres (58 sq mi). It is separated from mainland North America on the south by the Shippagan Gut with the island forming
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Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies
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on Lamèque Island by a 1,000-metre (3,300-foot) combination causeway-bridge with a
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fourth-order Fresnel lens (original), Barbier, Bernard et Turenne lantern (current)
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The Miscou Channel is bridged between the community of
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west of this channel. The island is separated from
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Ecological Park of the Acadian Peninsula in Lamèque
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lamèque Island
Shippegan Parish
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Coordinates
47°43′19.82″N 64°39′38.18″W / 47.7221722°N 64.6606056°W / 47.7221722; -64.6606056
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Characteristic
French
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Gloucester County
New Brunswick
Lameque Bay
Shippagan Harbour
Shippagan Bay
Miscou Island
Miscou Channel
Miscou Harbour
Shippagan
Chiasson-Savoy
lift bridge
Little Shippagan
Miscou Harbour
Miscou Island Bridge

Chaleur Bay
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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