Magdalen Islands, a small group near the centre of the Gulf of St Lawrence, 54 miles NW. of Cape Breton Island. The largest is Coffin's Island. The people are supported by the lobster, cod, herring, and seal fisheries. Pop. 3172.
Magdalen Islands
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 790
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