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Sainte-Madeleine-de-la Rivière-Madeleine, Quebec (Canada)

Gaspésie / Îles-de-la-Madeleine Administrative Administrative Region

Last modified: 2021-02-27 by rob raeside
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[Sainte-Madeleine-de-la Rivière-Madeleine] image by Masao Okazaki, 17 January 2021


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The municipality

The municipality of Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rivière-Madeleine (296 inhabitants in 2016; 26,230 ha) is located on the southern shore of the estuary of river Saint-Lawrence, 110 km west of Gaspé.
The municipality is composed of the villages of Madeleine-Centre, Manche-d'Épée and Rivière-la-Madeleine.
Ivan Sache, 18 January 2021


Municipal flag

The city's present flag uses a different logo. The date is unknown, but it might be related to the town's centennial in 2016.
https://stemadeleine.ca/historique/#acc-l5oz069-0
Logo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/2109038765884330/photos/a.2109038852550988/2109040112550862/
Masao Okazaki, 17 January 2021

The logo features the Cap-de-la-Madeleine lighthouse. Erected from 1906 to 1908 by the Steel Concrete Company of Montreal for the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries, the lighthouse was one of the first Canadian lighthouses built in reinforced concrete. Of 17 m in height, the lighthouse is topped by an iron circular lantern protected by a circular cupola.
The lighthouse was recognized on 26 May 1988 as a federal heritage building.

https://www.historicplaces.ca/fr/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=10444
Lieux patrimoniaux du Canada
Ivan Sache, 18 January 2021


Previous flag

[Sainte-Madeleine-de-la Rivière-Madeleine] image by Masao Okazaki, 17 January 2021

A 2006 photo of the town's flag was posted on January 10 by Luc Vartan Baronian in the FOTW Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/flagsoftheworld/permalink/4237293322952024
Masao Okazaki, 17 January 2021