Langlade, Grand Barachois and Miquelon.We set out early on a boat trip to Miquelon and Langlade. when we arrived we took a minivan tour of the two islands that were united by a sand bar (The Grand Barachois) about 200 years ago.
There have been a number of farms established on this sand bar, some lay abandoned while some are just starting up. This View is looking north from the sand bar toward the Island of Miquelon.
We traveled to and from Langlade on the St. George, which transports goods and passangers to this island where many of the residents of SPM spend their summer. Since there is no dock at Langlade we landed with the aid of a Zodiac which took us from the St. George to the Beach.Here we are boarding the Zodiac, to head to the St. George, the green boat in the distance.
2 comments:
Hi Tom - Looks like you are making the most of your holiday - and the weather is being kind.
Are you camping or B&B ing?
What do the farmers do there? Does the sea make for milder winters than NFLD?
We are enjoying the Blog posts - Cheers
Dad
We are B&B ing, in The Auberge L'Archepele (Inn of the islands) It is a small smoky but reasonably priced place. They Serve very nice Croissants, bread and coffee for breakfast.
Not much farming on St. Pierre, but there are a lot of small gardens, even right in town. There is some livestock kept on Miquelon and there is a scallop farm recently started out there which is the main employer in Miquelon.
I am not sure how the weather compares to Newfoundland, I heard one account sating it was actually colder there than in St. John's, but I think the wind map play a role in that as it is quite exposed there.
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