Country Canada RCM Montmagny Time zone EST Area 24.1 km² Province Québec | Region Chaudière-Appalaches Constituted January 1, 1860 Postal code(s) G0R 1P0 Population 146 (2011) | |
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Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues is a parish municipality in Quebec, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches. It is known for bird-watching, goose-hunting and cheeses.
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Map of Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues, QC, Canada
Transportation
L'Isle-aux-Grues has a small airstrip, which provides the only access to the island during the winter, with Air Montmagny the main airline. A ferry operates during the summer months.
Education
Children from Isle-aux-Grues attend school in Montmagny, Quebec, travelling by plane each day.
2010 plane crash
On May 19, 2010 at about 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, a Cessna 172 airplane carrying four people crashed on Isle-aux-Grues, killing three people.
References
Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA