Cap de la Madeleine

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Cap de la Madeleine

(käp də lä mädlĕn`), city (1991 pop. 33,716), S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Maurice and St. Lawrence rivers. Newsprint and paper products, plywood, aluminum products, and clothing are manufactured there. The shrine and sanctuary of Notre Dame du Cap is in the city.
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Canada has its own national shrine to Our Lady, at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, which dates back to 1888.
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