
The General Council of Morbihan licensed the company, named in the quoted account as Société Nantaise et Morbihanaise de Navigation, to serve Belle-Ile, Groix, Hoat and Hoedic. Their proximity to the Brittany coast is offered as the explanation of its motto, “C’est déjà les îles”, translated in the source as “There are already the islands”.
France, Le Palais.