
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (FR)
Saint Pierre - L'ile aux marins
"L'ile aux marins" in french means "the island of the sailors". Located opposite of Saint-Pierre, this little island, which seems a bit modest, is a testament to the archipelago’s past, in particular the era of the great cod fishery. Since the 1960s, the island is inhabited only in summer, but heritage associations are working to revitalize it, for the great pleasure of visitors.
BEST TIME to VISIT
SAINT PIERRE
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to L'ile aux marins
From June to mid September

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) : the island has been doesn't have permanent inhabitants since the sixties. Some people come there for the summer. So this village is a witness of the past without paved roads and cars

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - house

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - this pink stone (granite?) is found evrywhere on the island

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - view from the channel between Saint Pierre and the island

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - One of the stations of the Cross, near the church - All of them have a name of a man dead for France in a world war

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - old church

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - old cannon to protect the island

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - wooden houses

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - wooden houses

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - green wooden houses

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - wooden houses

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - green wooden houses

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - blue wooden house

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - wooden houses

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - church

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - Old church - Altar

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - Old church - main altar

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - Old church - lateral altar

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - Old church - wooden houses

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - Old church - boat and wooden houses

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - wooden houses

Ile aux Marins - Saint Pierre et Miquelon flag, the flag with the red feet is fot this island

Ile aux Marins - old fire station with all the equipment kept inside

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) : child's drawing in the old school

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - Old school, the furniture of the classrooms has been kept

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - Old school, the black board with a message from the last school day

Ile aux Marins (Island of the sailors) - Old school, today a museum

Ile aux Marins at the background - view from the town of Saint Pierre

Ile aux Marins - view from the channel between the island and Saint Pierre island

Ile aux Marins - view from the channel between the island and Saint Pierre island

Ile aux Marins - view from the channel between the island and Saint Pierre island

Ile aux Marins - landscape

Ile aux Marins - Shipwreck of the german Transpacific (1971)

Ile aux Marins - old cannons installed to protect the island

Ile aux Marins - catamaran leaving the harbour

Ile aux Marins - Stations of the Cross stands near the old church

Ile aux Marins - old wooden houses

Ile aux Marins - old wooden houses

Ile aux Marins - old wooden houses and an unpaved street

Ile aux Marins - yellow house

Ile aux Marins - green wooden houses

Ile aux Marins - old colorful houses

Ile aux Marins - old wooden houses

Ile aux Marins - landscape

Ile aux Marins - landscape

Ile aux Marins - old wooden houses

Ile aux Marins - old wooden houses

Ile aux Marins - old wooden houses

Ile aux Marins - old wooden houses

Ile aux Marins - Cemetery

Ile aux Marins - War memorial

Ile aux Marins - Stations of the Cross stands near the old church

Ile aux Marins - Stations of the Cross stands near the old church, and the cemetery

Ile aux Marins - Stations of the Cross - all of them displayed the name of a dead french soldier durang world wars

Ile aux Marins - Old french Fort with the cannons