Jacques Cartier was the first European to visit the islands, in 1534.
The explorer Jacques Cartier was also presented to King Francis I at the Manoir de Brion before his 1534 voyage to Canada, where one of the Magdalen Islands would be named Île Brion.
On November 13, 2009, it was announced that the PEI government is in discussion with the province of Quebec in regards to providing electric power between the two provinces, which could lead to a long-term supply contract with Hydro-Québec, the construction of a submarine transmission line linking PEI and the Magdalen Islands, and, pending Fortis' involvement, the sale of Maritime Electric to Hydro-Québec.
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The Magdalen Islands had only one coin - a 1 Penny token issued in 1815 by Sir Isaac Coffin.
In 1857, a group of Acadian families from the Magdalen Islands, who had previously been deported from Savannah (Georgia, USA), settled on Eskimo Point (Pointe aux Esquimaux).