Sport In Saint Pierre And Miquelon
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French: Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, ) is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France, situated in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean near Canada. It is the only remnant of the former colonial empire of New France that remains under French control.
The islands are situated at the entrance of Fortune Bay, which extends into the southern coast of Newfoundland, near the Grand Banks. They are 3,819 kilometres (2,373 mi) from Brest, the nearest point in Metropolitan France, but just 20 kilometres (12 mi) off the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada.
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Where smiling spring its earliest visit paid,
And parting summer’s lingering blooms delayed,
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Seats of my youth, when every sport could please,
How often have I loitered o’er the green,
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