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SPM Ferries is a company that operates ferries between the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon-Langlade in Saint Pierre and Miquelon, an overseas collectivity of France, and the port of Fortune, on the island of Newfoundland, Canada. [1] [2] The organising authority is the Territorial Council of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (/ ˈ m ɪ k ə l ɒ n / MIK-ə-lon), [4] is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, located near the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. [5] [6] An archipelago of eight islands, St. Pierre and Miquelon is a vestige of the once-vast territory of New ...
The main industry in Fortune is the ocean fishery which employs 400 residents. The majority of species landed include cod, flounder, and haddock. Fortune is also the nearest Canadian port for travelling to the French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. During the spring and summer months, a ferry connects the two islands with Fortune.
SPM Ferries provides ferry connections with Fortune, Newfoundland, Canada; the port in Miquelon town; and a quay at La Colo on Langlade. [9] [10] BPE runs a ferry between Saint-Pierre town and Île aux Marins. [11] [12] Transport around the island itself is either by private car, or by taxi, cars with drivers for hire, or car or bike rental.
1.1 Newfoundland and Labrador–Saint Pierre et Miquelon. 2 Air transport. 3 Car transport. 4 References. ... Toggle the table of contents. Transport in Saint Pierre ...
Miquelon-Langlade (French pronunciation: [miklɔ̃ lɑ̃ɡlad]) is the larger but less populated of the two communes (municipalities) making up the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, located 22 km (14 mi) to the south of Newfoundland in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. [4]
The fast catamaran arrives from Norway, 1 February 2005. Atlantic Jet was a passenger ferry service which operated between Fortune, Newfoundland, Canada and St. Pierre and Miquelon, an overseas collectivity of France.
The island is accessible by ferry from Newfoundland and has immigrations control for the country of France. St. Pierre is separated from Miquelon-Langlade by a 6 kilometres (3.2 nmi) strait with very fierce currents. Fishermen call this section of ocean "The Mouth of Hell".