Saint Pierre and Miquelon Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France
About Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint-Pierre was a site for settlement by the French in the early 17th century, later abandoned under the Treaty of Utrecht, and returned to France in 1763 at the end of the Seven Years War. The islands became a place of refuge for Acadian deportees from Nova Scotia. Saint-Pierre figured frequently in North American British-French relations. It profited heavily from U.S. Prohibition, which did not apply in this area, as they were part of France. It was depopulated and repopulated frequently, and now remains the last vestige of Imperial France within North America outside the Caribbean. Like its northern neighbour,Newfoundland, it is a key fishing centre close to the Grand Banks, some of the world's richest fishing grounds. However, as inNewfoundland, the decline in cod stocks has seriousl
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