Dune de Langlade

The dune is a twelve kilometre bar of sand that ties Miquelon to Langlade, built up over the last few centuries where two islands were once separate, and the road south runs the length of it with the open Atlantic on one side and the Grand Barachois lagoon on the other. Horses turned out to graze wander loose along it. Seals haul out on the sand and the wind runs unbroken from end to end.

What you actually see

• The sand bar - twelve kilometres of dune joining two islands.
• The loose horses - animals turned out to graze along the isthmus.
• The seals - the haul-outs on the sand and in the lagoon.
• The two shores - open ocean on one side, lagoon on the other.

When to go

June to September is the workable season. Fog closes in often through the summer. Winter storms cut the road at times.

Honest expectations

Fog can reduce visibility to nothing for days at a stretch. There is no shelter anywhere along the dune and the wind is constant. Seals should be watched from a distance and not approached.

Nearby

The Grand Barachois is alongside, and Miquelon village is north.