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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 ...
1.1 Newfoundland and Labrador–Saint Pierre et Miquelon. 2 Air transport. 3 Car transport. 4 References. 5 External links. Toggle the table of contents.
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]
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.
Saint Pierre Island, also spelt as Saint-Pierre Island, [3] is one of the three main islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. It contains the town of Saint-Pierre , which lies on the island's east coast and is the main population centre of the island group.
The highway now passes through Fortune, where one can access the ferry to St. Pierre and Miquelon, before turning south to pass by Fortune Head and the towns of Lories and Point May. Route 220 heads eastward to pass through Calmer (minor settlement with only two dwellings) [ 7 ] and Lamaline , where a local road provides access to the village ...
Passenger ferry service Vancouver Island and surrounding islands and peninsulas to the British Columbia mainland [47] Several Sunshine Coast communities to the British Columbia mainland and to Alaska; Internationally to St. Pierre and Miquelon; Automobile ferry service Nova Scotia to Newfoundland and Labrador