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Origin and history

Saint-Pierre's salt shop, locally known as the salt shed, is an emblematic building located on the archipelago of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. Built on the edge of the 19th and 20th centuries, it embodies the latest material testimony of the flourishing activity of the large mooring fishery, a period that is a delight for the local economy. This building, classified as a Historical Monument in 2015, was used for the treatment and storage of fish prior to its shipment, playing a key role in the logistics chain of the then fisheries industry.

The salt shed and its parcel, delimited on the cadastral plan (park BM 4a), were fully protected for their heritage value. Their location in the port of Saint-Pierre, at address 8 Route de Galantry, highlights their integration into the historical harbour landscape. Although the accuracy of its current location is considered "passable" (note 5/10), the site remains a strong identity marker for the archipelago. Property shared between the State and a private actor, its contemporary use (visits, rentals) is not specified in the available sources.

This monument illustrates the industrial heritage of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, a territory where fishing has structured economic and social life for decades. Its ranking reflects the desire to preserve the memory of the traditional techniques of salting and transporting fish, which has now disappeared. The data come mainly from the Monumentum database and the internal archives, without any mention of other complementary sources.

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