Saint-Pierre

Few communities in the Saint Pierre and Miquelon archipelago have a history as closely tied to the North Atlantic cod fishery as Saint-Pierre. The territory’s administrative centre occupies a sheltered harbour on Saint-Pierre Island, off Newfoundland’s south coast, where French language and institutions set it apart from neighbouring Canada. Its waterfront developed through fishing and maritime trade; during US Prohibition, the islands also became an important liquor-transshipment base. Île aux Marins, across the harbour, recalls the area’s fishing-settlement past. See how Saint-Pierre fits within the wider French archipelago by browsing webcams nearby.

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