Pointe aux Cannon Battery, fort on St. Pierre island in St. Pierre and Miquelon

The Pointe aux Canons Battery is a former fort on Saint Pierre Island in Saint Pierre and Miquelon, near the Pointe aux Canons Lighthouse. Four dark metal cannon barrels on iron carriages stand in a row on stone bases along a grassy bank beside the water, each pointing out over the sea. The site is open to the public.

French settlement on Saint Pierre began in 1670, and a military post added in 1690 was developed into a six-gun battery against British raids. The British attacked and destroyed it in 1702, and the French abandoned the settlement in 1708. Rebuilt in 1792, it was captured by Captain William Affleck's British force in May 1793. A modern battery replaced the old fort during the Crimean War and was never used in battle.

The name 'Pointe aux Canons' refers directly to the cannons once placed here to defend the harbor. Today, visitors can see four old cannons on display that remind them of how crucial this site was for protecting the island.

The four cannons stand in a row on stone and earthen platforms on a grassy bank beside the water, behind a low stone retaining edge, with the barrels pointing out over the sea. The site is freely open to the public. The Pointe aux Canons lighthouse lies to the north-east of the present battery, on a jetty that began as the Pointe aux Canons.

The four cannons on iron carriages are fired only to mark special events and have never been used in active defence. A 19th-century cannon is displayed separately beside the Pointe aux Canons Lighthouse, on a breakwater that begins at the point itself, north-east of the present battery.