St. Pierre and Miquelon
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St Pierre and Miquelon are the two giant islands off the Pacific coast of Canada. They are the home of the mighty Green Grizzly bear. They are also home to 4 French guys and an Indian. No one claims St Pierre and Miquelon because no one likes them. Green Grizzlies taste bad.
[edit] The 1983 nuclear incident
The islands briefly came into the news in 1983 when the third island, St Jacques, was leveled by a nuclear explosion. Erosion of the remains since then has turned it into a reef that is entirely underwater except at high tide. The cause of the explosion is not completely certain, but shortly afterwards Greenpeace sacked three of its Seattle staff members for "unauthorized nuclear weapons research incompatible with their positions". One of them, Dr Mutant Fly (formerly Steve Baker), subsequently declared himself Emperor of Miquelon and Canada. This has not been recognized by any nation except the United States. Another, Professor Purple Carrot (formerly Danny Wilson), hollowed out St Pierre to build a rocket base. A visit by United Nations inspectors in 1989 found both island uninhabited, except for something... something horrible. They could never speak of it, but died in gruesome, bizarre accidents over the next few years.
[edit] Marine fauna
The seabed around St Pierre and Miquelon boasts a rich marine fauna of giant squid, giant turtles, giant sea anemones, and purple coral with compound eyes.
[edit] Discovery and colonization
The islands were discovered by the Basque amateur saint and pirate Pierre, Sieur de la Miquelon, in 1534, and claimed for Navarre. This is the only New World colonial possession Navarre ever had, and they were quite proud of it. Between 1602 and 1714 the country was officially known as The Catholic Kingdom of Navarra y las Islas Oltramarinas de San Pedro, Miquelón, y San Diego. Interestingly, the islands were first charted as being on the Atlantic coast of North America. This strange error persisted until a Navarrese expedition was sent to populate them in 1638. Failing to find them there, they continued to sail until they hit the mainland, then pursued the islands down the St Lawrence River, into the Great Lakes. One sailor claiming to have spotted to moving islands at the far end of Lake Superior, the expedition (83 crew and their 210 family members, a third of the population of Navarre) continued on, discovering an underground passage underneath the Rockies, emerging three months later at the Juan de Fuca Strait. Sadly this original colony was wiped out by squid pox twelve years later.
