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Last Updated: 2001/05/31
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The French shore
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The
SouthWest Coast Though
the southwest coast of the island was unknown to the English and
the fishermen of Saint-Malo and Granville, it was, on the other
hand, familiar to the Basques who frequented the area on a regular
basis, leaving their mark on the Newfoundland map in names such
as Port aux Choix, Ingornachoix and New Ferolle. Red Island was
familiar territory to them. They, in fact, preceded the French,
using the island, as the French did, for the codfishery. In 1783,
the French, in the natural course of events, discovered the Bay
of Islands, Bay St-George, Port au Port and Codroy. In
1815, the islands of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon reverted to French
possession for good. The exiled quickly rediscovered their islands,
rebuilt, returned to the fishery and life went on from that moment.
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon became closely linked to the history
of the French Shore, particularly that of Red Island.
Map
of the West Coast
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