288 DIRECTIONS FOR TOURISTS. 



ST. PIERKE AND MIQUELON-TRAVEL ROUTES. 



The French Islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon can be reached 

 ^from Halifax fortnightly h}^ the steamer Fro Patria, carrying the 

 mails. Agents in Halifax — Cunningham & Curren. This steamer 

 does not call at any Newfoundland jjort. 



The steamer St. Pierre, as already stated, plies fortnightly be- 

 tween Halifax and Placentia, calling at St. Pierre, and sailing 

 through the beautiful Bras d' Or Lakes, C.B. Tourists who wish 

 to visit St. Pierre can go by this route from Placentia and spend 

 a week in St. Pierre ; or from Halifax can reach St. Pierre, and 

 after a short stay land at Placentia. The steamer Harlaiv from 

 Halifax also calls at St. Pierre, and afterwards at ports on the 

 •western coast of Newfoundland. 



POSITION OF THE ISLANDS. 



"We have seen already under what circumstances these islands 

 Avere ceded to France " as a shelter for her fishermen," in 1 763. 

 They are situated at the mouth of Fortune Bay, about 13 miles 

 from the peninsula of Burin the nearest point of Newfoundland, 

 and about equi-distant (135 miles) from Cape Race and Cape Ray. 

 The Island of St. Pierre is seven and a half miles long, five and 

 a half miles wide, and 26 miles in circumference. It contains 

 several lakes, the largest of which is Savoyard, a mile in length. 

 It has several small islands dependent on it, the principal being 

 Isle an Chiens, at the mouth of St. Pierre harbour, on which the 

 fish merchants have built their establishments. Owing to its 

 rocky surface there is but little cultivation. There are a few 

 farms of an inferior grade on the south coast ; but its excellent 

 harljour where the cajiital is built rendex-s it by far the most im- 

 portant of the two islands. 



DIMENSIONS. 



Grand Miipielon, about 12 miles in length, was formerly sepa- 

 rated from Petite Miquelon, or Langlade (commonly Langley) ; 

 h\it of late years a sand liar has formed between them and has 

 ;been the scene of many shipwrecks. The latter is more adapted 



