About 25 kilometers off the coast of Canada , inward the North Atlantic , lies a tiny fleck of France. It’s a string of islands belonging to the archipelago of Saint Pierre as well as Miquelon , which—despite beingness located well-nigh iv ,000 kilometer away from the mainland— are withal nether French control. These islands correspond the concluding foothold of colonial French Republic inward the Atlantic.
The islands of St. Pierre as well as Miquelon were starting fourth dimension educate pes on past times Europeans inward 1520 , as well as they became a French colony is 1536. For the side past times side few centuries the islands moved dorsum as well as forth betwixt the British as well as French every bit they squabbled over who should dominion over which geographic component subdivision of the unusual continent. Eventually , French Republic gave upwardly all of its North American colonies , which at ane phase covered a major chunk of eastern North America; all except the islands of St. Pierre as well as Miquelon , which are withal inward French hands.
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