Several of the buildings were designated with protected status by the French Ministry of Culture in 2011,[2][3] with the addition of the Jézéquel house in 2014.

The highest point, Cape Beaudry, is only 35 metres (115 ft) above mean sea level and is also located on the northern end of the island.

With fishing in decline, the owners left the island in the 1920s and sold their property, which continued to thrive through the 1940s.

The café building was disassembled and reconstructed on Saint Pierre, and is the George Jackman House today.

In 1923, he bought Roger Girardin's estate which included the house, the garden, the shed and slipway.

Inshore fishermen stored their fishing tools, hooks, lines, and boxes; engine parts, and for hunting their shotguns and bird decoys.

Every year by the end of November, fishermen repaired all the dories and riggings the activity in the fishing shed stopped.

It was covered with recycled materials such as boards from whisky crates, which were very popular at the time of Prohibition.

Thanks to the freezing cold, people could walk across between the island and Saint Pierre over the frozen barachois (coastal lagoon).

[6] Ernest Patrice, whose friends nicknamed him Nénesse and mister mayor was one of the last inshore fishermen, along with Bernard Teletchéa and Jean Disnard.

He was a lifelong bachelor, avid story-teller and constantly hosted guests who gathered there to play cards.

[10] Notre-Dame-des-Marins(fr) is the island's church, built 1872,[11] has maintained its original furnishings, including a large black-wrapped catafalque, used for carrying coffins.

Aware that there were technical problems, the captain contacted the Saint-Pierre marine station to stop outside the port and allow technicians to board.