La Grande Island

La Grande Island is an islet in Aroostook, Maine. La Grande Island is situated nearby to the locality Prime, as well as near the neighborhood Notre Dame.

Type: Islet
Description: island in Aroostook County, Maine, United States of America
Also known as: “La-Grande Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Musée Culturel du Mont-Carmel.

Musée Culturel du Mont-Carmel

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Musée Culturel du Mont-Carmel is a museum of local history on United States Route 1 in Grand Isle, Maine. It is located in the former Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, one of the only surviving 19th-century Acadian churches in northern Maine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quisibis and Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska.

Quisibis

Locality

Quisbis is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Quisibis is situated 1½ miles southeast of La Grande Island.

Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska

Village

Photo: Peter Dutton, CC BY 2.0.

Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska is a former village in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Vallée-des-Rivières. Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska is situated 3 miles southeast of La Grande Island.

Grand Isle

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Madawaska is a small town along the United States - Canadian border in Maine. This article also covers the nearby town of Grand Isle. Grand Isle is situated 4 miles northwest of La Grande Island.

La Grande Island

Categories: island, river island, locality, and landform
Location: Aroostook, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.26794° or 47° 16′ 5″ north

Longitude

-68.08529° or 68° 5′ 7″ west

Elevation

436 feet (133 metres)

Open location code

87VH7W97+5V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 643577530

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4965597

Wikidata ID

Q49650130

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Satellite Map

Discover La Grande Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to French—“La Grande Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “La Grande Island”
French: “La Grande île”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Prime and Notre Dame.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Île Quisibis and Thibodeau Island.

Aroostook: Must-Visit Destinations

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