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Prime Minister Trudeau visits Magdalen Islands as summer tour continues in Quebec

Justin Trudeau The Prime Minister travels to the beautiful Magdalen Islands in Quebec on Friday.

Prime Minister Trudeau visited a small archipelago in the Gulf of St. Lawrence for the first time in 20 years, according to Prime Minister Trudeau's office.

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Stop at a microbrewery and bakery.

In French he is known as Les Iles-de-la-Madeleine, the islands, although geographically near maritime, are part of the province of Quebec.

Of the 12,000 residents, all but a few are native speakers of French, and over 75% speak only French.

With large white sand beaches and a warmer climate than the mainland, the economies of the islands are heavily dependent on tourism.

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