This Tiny French Exclave Has its Own TRANSATLANTIC Airline!
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- I took a trip to the tiny French exclave of Saint Pierre & Miquelon to fly on their airline, Air Saint Pierre, across the Atlantic to Paris!
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The history behind why these small islands off of Newfoundland are a part of France is very interesting: Saint Pierre and Miquelon is the last vestige of the once vast New France. In 1536 Jacques Cartier (whose ship the Grande Hermine is represented on St Pierre and Miquelon's coat of arms) claimed the islands as a French possession on behalf of the King of France, Francis I, but they weren't permanently settled until the end of the 17th century. The name Miquelon is of Basque origin as the island was used by fishermen from Saint-Jean de Luz. From the end of the 17th century, English attacks led to the island's French settlers abandoning Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the British took possession from 1713 to 1763. Under the terms of the 1763 Treaty of Paris, which put an end to the Seven Years' War, France ceded all its North American possessions to the British, while the British granted fishing rights to French fishermen along the Newfoundland coast, and as part of that arrangement returned Saint-Pierre and Miquelon to France's control. France eventually reclaimed them, and French settlers returned to live peacefully for 15 years. France joining the American Revolutionary War against Britain led to a British attack and the deportation of the French settlers. Possession of Saint Pierre and Miquelon passed back and forth between France and Great Britain for the next 38 years, as the islands experienced continued invasions from both countries, voluntary or forced removal of the island's residents, and upheaval associated with the French Revolution. The 1814 Treaty of Paris gave the islands back to France, though the UK occupied them yet again during the Hundred Days War in 1815. France then reclaimed the now uninhabited islands France finally reclaimed the islands after Napoleon's second abdication in 1815.
The islands were resettled in 1816 by mostly Basques, Bretons and Normans, and this is reflected on St Pierre and Miquelon's coat of arms with the flags of the three groups. Due to poor cod fishing seasons and residents angered at the French government for approving all teachers on the islands, they even tried joining the United States in 1903 (Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge advocated for it because of concerns of French influence, the effect of French fishing fleets on New England fisheries, and possible effects on Canada) so they could sell their fish without import taxes, but nothing came of the idea after a guy against the idea won reelection to the former French Chamber of Deputies by a small margin. Its economy boomed in the 1920s with the institution of Prohibition in the US from January 1920. In 1931, the archipelago was reported to have imported nearly 7 million liters of whisky from Canada in 12 months, most of it to be smuggled into the US.
this is very scare, cat is sad
Fun Fact: If you address letters to St. Pierre & Miquelon to France they'll arrive there much faster than if you'd address them directly to St. Pierre & Miquelon. Like multiple weeks faster. Just see St. Pierre & Miquelon as an area or city of France and address it this way, ending in the Country of France...
Djibouti Francs? Did you say 'Djibouti Francs? Did you actually pay in Djibouti money?
@@ayethein7681 Djibouti is not part of France.
@@ayethein7681 wtf are you talkin about bro...
I heard the same about Réunion from a friend who lived there.
Address a letter to "Réunion" and the letter will travel via Africa and take forever; put "France" on the bottom line and it will get there on regular flights from Paris to the island.
The person sitting next to you in that air plane must have been in the witness protection program, lol.
Or a most wanted list.
@@johnpollard4158 or just really blurry
Only wanted to protect his privacy as the french law and EU law called the " droit à l'image" ! You must have the explicit authorisation of the person to be allowed to photo or film him, and an other one to publish it ! Filming a crowd in public area is allowed if you don't focus on someone.
Witness protection program, eh?
@@brigittelacour5055 Nice of him to respect that...
Even though the man you are sitting next to’s face is blurred out , you can tell he is having a stare down with your camera , Noel 😂
He wanted to be on camera 😂
I want to see Noel have a thank you duel with a canadian
Sorry, Eh!
Ah yes, Noel & Canadians 😅
Thank you for saying that. 🍁
The frantic hand gestures are exhausting also.
I flew Air Saint-Pierre several years ago from St. John's to Saint-Pierre. Was a lovely flight! I had to laugh at all the French passengers who had boxes of Tim Hortons donuts they were bringing back. Meanwhile, I was loading up on their much superior French pastries. 😆
....bring tim hortons things...omg. were they french tourists???;)
@@artiomthomas7040 the St Pierrais often go to NL& Lab for Tims and medical appointments ....The ATR 72 is usually full of locals and a few tourists , Nflders on business etc. Intermarriage between StPerrais and Nflders common . , great place , always enjoyed it, and have friends .
Trivia time: the airport in St-Pierre was built by a Canadian company from Québec. One of my wife's uncles worked on that project and sadly passed away in St-Pierre while working on that project. Additional fun fact: there is a ferry from Newfoundland to Saint-Pierre, which means you can technically drive from Canada to France or from France to Canada. A friend made the trip a couple of years ago and last week I saw a Chevrolet Blazer plated in Saint-Pierre in Montréal.
That's pretty cool. I guess one can also drive from there to Panama if one wants to. I wonder how many Saint-Pierre plates are in Panama or vice-versa.
I wonder how regulation are handled because you end up with cars that follows european regulation that end up in north america. I guess there is some specific exception for cars from Saint Pierre et Miquelon but still, that's a werid sighting.
@@tom-sn4gd Depends if you are referring to tourists or to people who import cars to use as daily drivers. Tourists who cross into Canada from any country have no problem and their cars don't have to meet Canadian regs. They are tourists, their cars are not plated here. The same is true for Canadians that cross into SPM with their cars. If you are trying to import a car, if the car is 15 years old or more, Canada waves the need to meet our regulations. Going the other way, France has exceptions for cars imported into their overseas territories from nearby countries. There are a lot of full-size US pickups in SPM, for example.
There are plenty of US cars in SPM, this is to say Dodge RAM , Ford F150, and japanese and korean cars with US standards.
Just change plates. No modifications for lights ,it s an exception in SPM but not métropolitan France
Yes you can take a ferry even with your car to go to the harbor of Fortune town and after visit NewFoundland. So, it s uncommon for canadian People to see french car like Peugeot 207, Renault Clio , even Dacia Sandero or Duster 😂😂😂
Noel, I am drunk again. I've taken a drink every time you've said St Pierre and Miquelon
I'll drink to that!🤣😂🤪
You mean St. Pierre and Liquoron?
Still better than better than Parabadoo
A glass of champagne every time he says, "Merci" 😁🥂
I'll join ya
Some of the most famous folk songs in Argentina were written by a San Pierre et Miquelon musician woman, that signed her compositions with a male artistic name Pablo del Cerro.
She was Nenette Pepin and was wife of the greatest Argentine folk musician Atahualpa Yupanki.
Enjoy seeing these remote locations with a little bit of the town.
Heyy Noel, great video, I'm pleased about your video, being a native from St Pierre , people around the world gets to see my home island. Keep up your video's
Fancy to have the CEO and some champagne on a good-looking but relatively basic airplane!
Some years ago, we flew on ASL Airlines from Halifax *direct* & *non-stop* to Dublin. It was a very nice flight.
Thanks for sharing with us this unusual flight to a very remote French territory. Being French myself, even for us it is really a remote place we don't really know much about.
Ce "territoire reculé" est le dernier morceau d'un empire français (1760) considérable qui partait de Terre-Neuve jusqu'à la Nouvelle -Orléans englobant tous les Grands lacs avec Detroit (Le détroit), Du Luth, le fort Niagara etc jusqu'à Winnipeg.
Love the ASL director on the flight making a speech and offering champagne. Nice touch.
Hey Noel! I'm from St-Pierre 👋😊 Been following you for several years so that video is crazy to me! Noel Philips does fly everywhere all over the world 🙌 Cheers !
If it's Sunday, it's Noel Philips time! I love watching your adventures around this beautiful world - so much to see and do.
Fun fact about St Pierre & Miquelon is you'd think they would have the same time zone as Newfoundland, but they don't! Newfoundland is known for its own quirky 30-minute time zone (UTC−03:30; the only active time zone with a half-hour offset from UTC in the Americas), but Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is something else entirely. They too have their own time zone, this one being 30 minutes ahead of Newfoundland time. So at noon in Newfoundland, it’s 12:30 PM in Saint-Pierre, 11:30 AM. in Halifax, and 10:30 AM in Toronto. This unique time zone provides has an interesting quirk, since you have to travel west by ferry from Fortune to reach St. Pierre, it’s one of the few time zones on earth that will force you to set your watch ahead as you travel west. Another quirky part of France is Wallis & Futuna in the South Pacific, which is quite hard to get to as Aircalin, the flag carrier of New Caledonia, is the only international airline that flies there, flying from Nadi in Fiji and Nouméa in New Caledonia to Hihifo Airport on Wallis. The islands had a population of just 11,151 at the July 2023 census. The territory is made up of three main volcanic tropical islands and a number of tiny islets. It is divided into two island groups that lie about 260 km apart, the Wallis Islands (also known as Uvea) in the northeast, and the Hoorn Islands (also known as the Futuna Islands) in the southwest, including Futuna Island proper and Alofi Island. Wallis & Futuna stands out in that while it is an overseas collectivity of France, it is made up of three chiefdoms each with their own monarchs, the chiefdoms of Wallis, Alo, and Sigave! So France, the country famous for toppling its monarchy in a revolution...still has monarchs! Of course that's not mentioning the fact that the President of France is a Co-Prince of Andorra!
During Tongan invasions in the 15th and 16th centuries, the islands defended themselves with varying levels of resistance, but also accepted varying degrees of assimilation. Futuna retained more of its pre-Tongan cultural features, while Wallis underwent greater fundamental changes in its society, language, and culture. The original inhabitants built forts and other identifiable structures on the islands (many of which are in ruins), some of which are still partially intact. Futuna was first put on European maps by Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire, during their circumnavigation of the globe, in 1616. They named the islands of Futuna "Hoornse Eylanden", after the Dutch town of Hoorn where they hailed from. The Wallis Islands were named after the British explorer Samuel Wallis, who sailed past in 1767, after being the first European to visit Tahiti. The French were the first Europeans to settle in the territory, with the arrival of French missionaries in 1837. In April 1842, the missionaries asked for the protection of France, after the uprising of part of the local population. In April 1887, the queen of Uvea signed a treaty, officially establishing a French protectorate. The kings of Sigave and Alo also signed a treaty establishing a French protectorate in February 1888. From that moment, the islands were officially under the authority of the French colony of New Caledonia. In 1917, the three traditional kingdoms of Uvea, Sigave, and Alo were annexed by France, integrated into the colony of Wallis and Futuna, and remained under the authority of the colony of New Caledonia. In 1959, the inhabitants of the islands voted to become a separate French overseas territory, effective since July 1961. Since March 2003, Wallis and Futuna has been an overseas collectivity.
"Newfoundland" and "quirky." Those words go together.
St Pierre is part of the EU and they adhere to international time zones, but I'm sure it makes for an interesting mix locally. By the way, anyone knows why New Foundland has this off time timezone?
@@CarlNewYorkParis Or why it's called "Newfoundland?" I mean it was found a long time ago. It's long past time we started calling it "Oldfoundland."
I live in Atlantic Canada, so I fly out of Halifax quite often and I think it's a very pretty airport with a very pretty view during takeoff☺️
28:08 random fun fact: "mainland" France, that is european France, is generally referred to as Metropolitan France or sometimes La Métropole this includes the Island of Corsica, regions outside of Europe are referred to as Overseas France.
Well, the "mainland" thing is a British phrase to distinguish the island of Great Britain from NI, IoM, the Channel Islands and the Shetlands...even though most of them aren't even part of the UK....
So, San Pierre is one of the few places in the world where the time is only +/- 30 minutes instead of the full hour like typical time zones are!
That’s likely to synergize with Newfoundland who is also half hour ahead of Atlantic Standard Time
This is false. They are -3/-2 hours to UTC in contrast to Newfoundland which are -3:30/-2:30.
No they have a normal time zone two a hours ahead of New York or Toronto or Montreal and one hair ahead of Halifax (Atlantic Time). Newfoundland island is the oddball.
Omg i thought i was watching The Tim Traveller lol. St Pierre and Miquelon is so cool.
I have always wanted to visit St. Pierre and Miquelon, so thank you and well done!
Wow. Such an interesting vid Noel! The world is a fascinating place. Enjoyed it immensely! As ever, thank u for the ride!
Thanks indeed Noel! I'm 44 and never had I imagined there was a "bite" of France up there in North America. Amazing and wonderful video! Keep it up!
Glad you enjoyed it!
It’s so interesting to see these small airports. I haven’t been to Canada myself, hope I can visit these places someday.
I was working for a short time in Buffalo NY, my coworker asked if I had ever seen Niagara Falls..we hoped in the car and I called my husband and said guess what "I am in Canada"
My impression of St-Pierre is have an island that is about as remote as quite a few towns and villages on the Russian Arctic coast. St-Pierre sure isn’t as well-connected as metro areas whose airports I’ve ever flown into but that may be part of the charm of visiting SPM.
@@robyn0524 I’m from the Southwest, the farthest north I’ve been is in Washington 😂 It was nice of your friend to bring you to Canada, your husband must’ve been so surprised haha.
@@wainber1 It must be nice to go to St. Pierre, all that peace and quiet around you. I reckon people go there to just unwind from the hustle and bustle of the city.
Fascinating! The locals even sound like proper French. I was expecting a Québécois accent, but I didn't hear it.
To ear kind of Québécois/Acadien type of French while being near the Canadien East sea coast, you need to visit les Îles-de-la-Madeleine…😎
What else did you expect? As Noel repeatedly mentioned, the islands are an integral part of mainland France. Like Réunion in the Indian Ocean.
Fascinating Vlog….i had NO idea that was French territory, huh! I’m curious how this tiny enclave can support a transcontinental flight especially since it can’t fly full due to short runway.
1. Did they do a throttle up, then release breaks?
2. What % capacity was the flight ?
Great video! Learning more every time 😀
@@BLESTAGE Looks gorgeous. I do ok with the accent in places like Montréal, but it seems like the further east you go, the faster they talk! That's when it gets really hard to understand.
@@Retiredtraveler1961 well...this is la France
2:52 Met this wonderful lady on my flight to St Pierre and Miquelon on Air Saint Pierre on July 12, 2024. She was extremely friendly and an absolute joy!
This is great. Two trips in one video! Love that. That little adventure to the Airbb was fascinating but at least you had a bike to get around the island! The things you do on your adventures. LOL!
Thanks a lot sir,I have never heard of that beautiful place before
It's like France but even colder in the winter!
What an astonishing exclaves often overlooked by tourists because of its rotten accessibility! It is always great to try out a wacky airline like this.
I truly appreciate how the French maintain their guile no matter where you may be in the world. I know they get alot of backhanded jabs but they are an astonishing bunch in so many ways. I love the French. Thanks again for a great adventure, Noel.
Ooh - Tim Horton's the great Canadian go-to for coffee and breakfast (their cheese scone/muffin things are something else). Good news is we have Tim's in Manchester now, so I can pop in and pretend I'm in Canada (🤣). Great film - Saint Pierre & Miquelon looks like a fascinating place. Love that you braved the bike. Cheers.
LOL. I always knew I was at the Montreal airport when there was a huge line at TH and barely a line at Starbucks.
Tim’s is also in Madrid. Was strange to see the writing in one of the restos “100 % Canadá 100% Gran Via”. Tried to order Double Double, what I usually do in a Canadian outlet, they did not sell it. Nothing like the Canadian menu. Not even Timbits.
@@Canleaf08 I saw that. I didn't dare. I didn't dare try the popeyes next door either.
Canadas worst coffee.
@@fadacious As an American who has sampled Timmies while in Canada, I don't see the appeal, Dunkin Donuts makes better donuts.
Thanks for this video. St. Piere and Miquelon has always fascinated me.
We live in Alberta, Canada and do intend to go to Newfoundland and take the ferry across to the islands.
This os actually the first video i have ever seen about the isands.
Newfoundland is the only province this Canadian has never visited.
Ive flown over the Northwest Territories often enough, but never set foot in them.
Interesting video although the island is off the east coast of Canada not in northern Canada. Northern Canada would be the Arctic. :)
Glad to see you ended up taking this flight - I remember asking you a few months ago if it was on your radar :)
I work on this air st Pierre flight in Halifax, it’s always fun seeing the passengers POV
Great vlog as always! FSP looks like Norway, houses and all! Keep up the good work. Be safe!
A very picturesque island, I’d never heard of it. Fascinating.
I am really glad you put the price in Djibouti francs, it is the only currency I understand! 😂
Noel: I really enjoyed the tiny little island and the french accordeon music that came along with it.
British Pub , in Halifax Airport 🤔👏🏻; it is never to early for a British Pub🤔🤷♂️😂😂; airports & golf ⛳️ courses share the exemption of the taboo of morning drinking 😂😂👏🏻
I'll drink to that!
I left Halifax, by train, in 1956. I was hoping to fly there in June, but medical emergencies got in the way.
Well they have Tim Hortons in the UK now, maybe the Brits can open a Wetherspoons in Canada haha.
Noel on a bike.................... totally awesome! Tour de France next?
When I win the lottery I shall move to St Pierre and Miquelon. And insist on only speaking Welsh.
Me, too. Just gorgeous. ❤🤍💙 I'll speak only Spanish. ¡Hola, amigos!
You used to be able to just do this, since all EU citizens (including British) are entitled to stay in French Overseas territories for an unlimited period.
I could just see a French speaker trying to pronounce Welsh words, It's hard enough for English speakers to do it haha.
@@aslobos Some Basque people helped colonise the islands after the end of the Napoleonic wars. Basque language was spoken on the island until around 1950 or so.
no sheep there
My stepmother almost acceptedto be a judge there, but they chose to be reasonable in the end and not separate me and my sister from my father for literally years as we would had obviously stayed in mainland France with my mother in the meantime.
Never too early for a British pub
- 🎵It's Five O'Clock Somewhere🎶
(I know a song about that).
I'm french and I can't count how many times Monsieur Noel roasted us 💀💀💀😂
I bet you're hopping mad :)
@@bganonimouse2754 no, it was was funny asf
@@florianpelin Not green with envy then :)
"French efficiency" 😂
@@StargazerLily82I love the irony of these comments coming from the Brits in the years since Brexit 😂 it’s a like a whole turn around
Ha! That's a Cri-Cri hanging from the terminal ceiling.
The best rocketship takeoff I have even seen was an EMB-110 Bandirante at BHD. I was on the apron when the Bandit taxied out - 'just watch this' said my mate. The wind was blowing 30 knots straight down rwy 22; the Bandit was airborne while still passing the long stay car park, at 100 feet altitude by the time he reached the terminal, 200 feet plus by the end of the runway and still going strong as he headed out over the city. Homesick angel wasn't in it.
The plane is a Mignet Pou-du-Ciel (literally "Louse of the Sky", although knows as the "Flying Flea" in English). It was a popular, although very dangerous, homebuilt aircraft from the 1930s. The Cri-Cri was designed (by another Frenchman) 40 years later and is chiefly known for being the smallest twin engine aircraft. It has a single seat and the original was powered by 2 tiny engines normally used in go-karts, chainsaws or lawnmowers.
@@lowwall1 Thanks for the correction. Hands were faster than the brain - 'Flying Flea' was in fact what I was thinking and then mis-remembered the French for it.
When l was there over 36 years ago The St Pierre Hotel had a collection of Al Capone memorabilia cuff links straw boaters and that ort of thing.He ran a fair amount of contraband out of the Archipelago.The RCMP run a fast patrol in Canadian waters on the look out for smugglers from Newfoundland.
Always love seeing when you’re in Canada, especially on the east coast where I’m from. Hoping to run into you one of these days, better still if it’s a flight I’m operating. Cheers, mate.
I had a jolly good laugh about you huffing and puffing your way around Saint Pierre. 😆
oh I thought it's basically what I've seen on Alex Praglowski's channel but the transatlantic flight is new and interesting.
Also thanks for fixing the sound problems that were present in some of the past videos. Much better now!
One day I'll catch you while you're in or close to NL! Love it! I work for a regional airline and love seeing your videos (especially when it includes our airline ;) )
A most intriguing travelogue, I must say. Who knew that France had a national foothold in North America? Looks like a nice flight across the Atlantic. Sounds like meal you enjoyed en route was "tray bon!"
I've always wanted to go to St Pierre & Miquelon, its the kind of unusual place i like, but yet6 to get to Canada also..... I am visiting the little Frances in the Indian ocean in October, Reunion and Mayotte.
Excellent video again, Noel! I can’t believe that tiny island supports a transatlantic every day in the summer. I had no idea that it was French territory.
Glad you enjoyed it!
It’s the French version of Craggy Island in Father Ted. Noel, I had visions of you being pulled by the police for taking someone’s bike! Another great video, never even heard of that island.
Thanks for the video, Noel, your hotel looked very nice , travelling is very tiring love the tane off and landing both my favorite bits, thanks for sharing those moments 😊
Glad you enjoyed it
I live in Montreal and ever since I heard of Saint Pierre & Miquelon I've had my eye on doing this exact trip/vacation someday. Thanks for showing it to us!
Road trip !
Very rare daytime eastbound flight from Canada to Europe. Eastbound translatantic are almost exclusively overnight from Canada.
Off season, Air S-Pierre flies its ATR to Montréal (YUL) to connect to an Air France flight back to Paris (quite the detour).
During COVID lockdown that killed international travel;, Canadian rules had an exemption specifically to allow St-Pierre residents to connect at Dorval (YUL) airport to get from/to France. There is a ferry service to Fortune NewFoundland where you can walk the 366km to St-John's airport 🙂
you ffwd the most exciting part of the trip, the short runway take off!
Huh, reminds me of any island off the coast of Maine, where I live: no restaurants, no hotels, narrow roads which aren’t friendly to bikers/pedestrians…
Hecklefish Fans Unite! I knew I liked you for a reason! 😅😅😅
This was different journey but it was still interesting. That Is a different view from the atr but still a great view. Enjoy your trip Noel ❤ Much Love & safe travels to you.
Glad you enjoyed it
@@noelphilips I always enjoy your videos. Best traveling experience!!! You are the best Noel!!
My favorite videos are when you explore.. my favorite is still the one you did in Wyoming in the winter years ago
Yesss Noel! You're finally doing the bare minimum of blurring people's faces directly next to you.
19:26 Because France still has overseas territories, France has the longest domestic non-stop flight in the world: Paris - Reunion (St Denis). 11 hours flight from Roissy with Air Austral and from Orly with Air France Corsair and French blue.
Maybe UK also have one, with a direct flight to St Helena and Ascension.
Actually Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is not part of European Union. In France, only oversea territories that have a status of "département" are part of it: Guedeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Reunion and Mayotte. This is why you can see those on banknotes but not Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.
You should try a flight in Northern Norway. Some of the plane there are very small
Next time you are in Nova Scotia, take a few days and go up to Cape Breton! Unfortunately they stopped the Halifax-Sydney flight during the pandemic.
Hi Noël Philips, you should absolutely go to the German island of Helgoland, a tiny, tiny island in the North Sea, 30 Miles off the German coast and not even 1qkm in size
Pro tip: ditch the extremely tired beret/baguette/onions cliché
The only time I use Airbnb is if it's SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than a hotel. I agree Noel that hotels are just much better. You get more services for your money.
HYPER U! Spent a lot of money there when I was in Tahiti, it's basically French Walmart.
5:45 - "One of two St Pierre have in their fleet."
6:15 - "They've got one of these in their fleet."
Am I the only one to notice that? Not complaining Noel, great videos as always. :)
Wow, I’m from Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick) but been in Halifax for a couple years now and was watching many of your videos just a few days ago, and now you come to visit the very streets I walk each day?! Of course I happened to be in Calgary while you just so happened to visit Halifax. I even recognized the guys at the Hollis hotel.
Why Files shirt spotted. Hecklefish must be happy
I wished you had gone into town. Would've liked to see you experience it, not to mention see what it's like.
A "rosbeef" in all its glory !
I've always wanted to go to st pierre since i found out about it ( and also halifax ).. did not even know the islands existed for most of my life.. just happened to be looking at a map of french territories.
I feel like I'm one of very few that understood that Airplane! fish reference
20:05 runway 1920 meters or 6300 ft long. Restriction is only for pax not for kérosène or fuel!!!
Maximum 100 pax and for lugagge 8kg in cabin and 20 or 23 in cargo bay: hold
In case of in-flight médical issue i dont know procédure for diversion ???
I learned in World History class in school that when it lost the 7 Years war (aka the French and Indian War) France lost all its vast New France territory in North America, except two little islands. It sounded like Britain wanted to rub it in by letting France keep a couple of crumbs after the British took the feast. I'm so glad to see Saint Pierre and Miquelon close up like this, so I know they are genuine places, not crumbs.
Looking at your champagne plastic glass on your tray the turbulence was not so bad. Still some British style in your comments 😂
You said it was an amazing take off on the 737, shame we didn't get the chance to fully appreciate it in real time 😢
Hope you enjoyed your stay in my hometown Halifax Noel! Hope you come back soon! #teamYHZ
The airport wind direction indicator smoke seemed a bit severe... a windsock would have been more environmentally-friendly.
As a frenchman, I really appreciate your english accent for “Sinnnte Piaiaire and Maikelonne…”. It sounds delicious, even far from the reality.
Ok this one is one of your best funny you had to walk so far and cold lunch wort the wait it’s my mini series !
I really want to go to Halifax to visit my best friend. I wanted to go this year but can't so hopefully next year is the goal.
Noel im flying united for the first time ! I'm going to keywest
Haven't lived in Canada in years. I had a good laugh when I heard the guy speak at 3:47. He's very much the Canadian stereotype.
You should visit northern Nova Scotia it is really eye candy!
10:16 You haven't been stamped in to the EU at all as St-Pierre-&-Miquelon is NOT part of the EU and definitely not in the Schengen area. 🤣
As someone from Newfoundland that has travelled to Saint Pierre by ferry, I’ve always wanted to go on the plane there!! Awesome video! You should come back soon and travel to Nain, Labrador on a Twin Otter! Cool small flights up North, would be a very cool experience and video to watch!
Agree! I’m from Newfoundland and have gone to Labrador several times by small plane. Once to Saint Pierre by boat. Thought the experience Noel showed was similar to travel to Lab, and the Saint Pierre landscape looked just like home.
If you travel by ferry, can you bring your car?
Funny, i was going to take a ferry to Miquelon and post a video on how you can drive from America to France. We spent 8 days in Newfoundland, still didn't have the time to take the ferry there...
Reminds me of the pub landlord's description of the French Canadians
St. Pierre et Miquelon is another one of those places I've wanted to visit. Great stuff!
That is a very interesting domestic flight, but how about the flight from Guam to New York as a domestic flight?
BTW Newfoundland is not considered "Northern Canada".
On catering: there are rules on how long food can be kept between preparation and serving. A hot meal would be easier because it can be kept frozen on the way to St-Pierre and thawed only before flight departure. But the meal tray you showed had fresh food and doubtful it could have been prepared on Monday in France and flowns to St-Pierre and served on Tuesday afternoon. Surprised there were no croissants.
Though Amtrak does that for its trains to Canada. They are fully catered out of New York for the day to Canada and the return back to New York the next day. (but not refulated like for airlines and that isnt the food served to the engineers).