Soccer teams and rum-runners — the ties that bind Burin and St-Pierre-Miquelon
Posted: Jan 24, 2021 6:00 AM NT | Last Updated: January 24 comments St-Pierre-Miquelon has very close ties with the Burin Peninsula.(Philippe Grenier/Radio-Canada) The Burin Peninsula has always had very close relations with the nearby French islands of St-Pierre-Miquelon. These ties have even grown stronger in recent years as many of the French residents now vacation and shop in Newfoundland and Labrador, and an increasing number of them are purchasing summer homes in this area. During the summer, hundreds of tourists find their way to the French archipelago via a ferry service from For...
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