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in 1759. The harbour between Grindstone and House Harbour islands was already known in 1756 as Harbour Maison. Since nobody lived on the island before 1765, the singular form for
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experimentation site to assess power lines' resistance to high winds. In 1993, it built a
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visitors and found by French explorers in 1663. Its population, as of 2006, was 2,078.
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Montreal Metropolitan Community (Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal)
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The hamlet of Dune-du-Sud, northeast of Havre-aux-Maisons, is a
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could be attributed to the ruins of a habitation built by early
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The first settlers came to Havre-aux-Maisons, in 1765 from
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Village in Les ĂŽles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada
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