Miquelon, GREAT and LITTLE, two islands connected by a long, narrow, sandy isthmus, off the south-west coast of Newfoundland, forming with St Pierre the sole remaining colony of France in northern America. Fishing is nearly the sole occupation, and dried and fresh cod and cod-liver oil are exported. Area, 93 square miles; pop. (1896) 6250.
Miquelon, GREAT and LITTLE
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 224
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