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Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Short description of Saint-Pierre
Saint-Pierre is the town of the archipelago and the only piece of France left in North America, twenty-five kilometres off Newfoundland but paying in euros and speaking French. Its houses are painted in hard colours against the fog, and the cathedral was rebuilt in stone quarried on the island after the last fire. The red and white lighthouse at Pointe aux Canons stands over the harbour beside four old guns. L'Arche museum tells the story of the cod fishery and of the rum-running years. The cemetery is built above ground, because the rock is too shallow to dig.
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Best time to visit: July – August
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- Coloured houses of the town centre
- Pointe aux Canons lighthouse and its guns
- Cathedral of Saint-Pierre
- L'Arche museum and archives
- Harbour front and the Fortune ferry
- Musée Héritage
- Above-ground cemetery
- Anse à Henry coastal path
- French bakeries and the wine shops
- Pelota court of the Basque settlers
- Grand Colombier seabird island(Day trip)
- Cap à l'Aigle viewpoint