From _Saint Pierre and Miquelon_ by William F. Rannie, 1972, 4th ed.,
Chapter Two, "The Smaller Islands":

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In addition to the three larger islands [Saint Pierre, Miquelon and
Langlade], the archipelago includes several small dependencies, some
rejoicing in names such as "Island of the Massacre," (L'Île au
Massacre), Pelee Island, Island of the Conquerors (L'Île aux
Vainquers [sic]), l'Île aux Pigeons, and the "Lost Child" (L'Enfant
Perdu). An isolated rock bears the longest name, "l'Enfant Perdu de
l'île Verte.">

In a foldout map at the end of the book, the island in question of
many a thread ago, Île Verte, is clearly seen northeast of Miquelon.
South of Île Verte are a scattering of rocks called Îlots de l'Île
Verte. Since no mention was made of either in the above paragraph, I
am led to believe that both Île Verte and the Îlots de l'Île Verte
are Canadian territory. The isolated rock, l'Enfant Perdu de l'île
Verte, lies south of the islets. No legend accompanies my 1:50.000
map, but l'Enfant Perdu de l'île Verte lies <extremely> close to
these islets. Since l'Enfant Perdu warrants a mention in the above
paragraph among the dependency's other small islands, is one to
assume that the CaFr border cuts between the Îlots de l'Île Verte and
l'Enfant Perdu de l'Île Verte? If so, this is cutting it close indeed!

Citing from the same chapter:

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Some distance north and east of Columbier is l'Île Verte, whose
political identity was once a bit confused. In 1908 the Newfoundland
government decided to build a lighthouse and establish a foghorn on
the small island, which lies on the approaches to Saint Pierre and is
a navigational hazard to ships travelling along the south shore of
the now Canadian province. While admitting that this would
undoubtedly be of advantage to navigators, the French officials
regarded the move as providing the Newfoundlanders with an excellent
observation post from which to watch the smuggling traffic between
Saint Pierre and their own south coast. Important among the varieties
of contraband, that in those days flowed both ways, was squid bait
that residents of the Burin Peninsula were wont to supply, for a
price, to the French fishermen, despite the interdiction of such
trade under the Bait Act of 1887.

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Britain's Colonial Office got together with France's foreign affairs
ministry and it was finally agreed that Newfoundland could rightly
regard l'Île Verte as one of its offshore islands, ceded by France to
England in the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713, and again in 1783. The
French government did not oppose the shifting of this minuscule
sphere of influence, inasmuch as Newfoundland was not attempting to
modify any of the time-honoured fishing rights of the vicinity.>

I have been reading this old thread with great interest. It is almost
impossible to try to find every related post, so what I may have to
offer could have been submitted months ago. Thank-you to this group,
who have kept me reading till the wee hours for the past two weeks.

Craig Rowland
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

I kinda think that if there were a CaFr dry frontier on any of these
islets or isolated rocks, us inferiority-complex Canadians would know
about it already. This is just the thing Canada would brag about
internally and it would provide elementary school teachers with
trivial quizzes such as "What countries does Canada border?". What do
other Canadian BoundaryPointers think? I could try scanning this map
but in order to see the detail of these rocks I must give you all
advance warning: the resolution will be big :-) Gotta wait till I go
back to work to do it though.