Placentia Bay Placentia Bay (French: Baie de Plaisance) is a body of water on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada. It is formed by Burin Peninsula...
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Southeast Placentia, Freshwater, Dunville and Jerseyside and also includes the Argentia Industrial Park. There is considerable evidence that Placentia Bay was...
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today as Piacenza Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Placentia Bay, body of water Placentia, California, United States Placentia station, proposed...
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Goose Cove Goose Cove, also known as North Harbour, is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador. 47°51′11″N 54°05′53″W / 47.853°N 54.098°W / 47.853;...
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Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Bay along with Placentia Bay to the southwest define the isthmus of Avalon from which the Avalon...
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Flat Islands Flat Islands is an archipelago and resettled community in Placentia Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador. 47°15′36″N 54°56′31″W / 47.260°N 54...
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Atlantic Conference in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. They made their joint declaration on 14 August 1941 from the US naval base on the bay, Naval Base Argentia...
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zones near the Grand Banks. Its four major bays (Trinity Bay, Conception Bay, St. Mary's Bay and Placentia Bay) have long been the centre of Newfoundland's...
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next bay to the west is Newfoundland's largest bay, Placentia Bay. To the east of St. Mary's Bay is the much smaller Trepassey Bay. St. Mary's Bay, while...
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main bays and a number of smaller bays. The four main bays are; Trinity Bay, Conception Bay, St. Mary's Bay and Placentia Bay. The largest bay is Placentia...
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this in an interview with Mary (Murphy) King, originally of Ship Cove, Placentia Bay, who spoke of her mother's interactions with American servicemen in...
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Avalon (electoral district) (category Conception Bay South)
election held after April 22, 2024. It will lose the eastern shore of Placentia Bay to Terra Nova—The Peninsulas, gain Salmon Cove from Bonavista—Burin—Trinity...
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said town to the shoreline of Placentia Bay; thence southerly along the Eastern Channel of Placentia Bay and Placentia Bay to a point approximately 20 km...
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Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 1, and lies between Trinity Bay and Placentia Bay. It contains the unincorporated communities of Arnold's Cove Station...
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defined by a triangular shaped headland which reaches northward out into Placentia Bay creating a natural harbour 3 km (1.9 mi) in length. Originally settled...
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with the English in Newfoundland, Placentia Bay was thought to be a good base. Unlike other areas in Newfoundland, the bay is free of ice by early spring...
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tip of Placentia Bay, celebrated in the famous Newfoundland ballad Let Me Fish Off Cape St. Mary's. The Cape Shore begins in the Town of Placentia and continues...
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Freshwater, Placentia Freshwater is a neighborhood in located in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador. Placentia was originally settled by the French in...
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Division No. 1, Subdivision C, Newfoundland and Labrador (redirect from Gooseberry Cove, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador)
Gooseberry Cove was a small town located on the south-east side of Placentia Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador. The town was first settled by farmers...
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Island 47°0′N 55°12′W / 47.000°N 55.200°W / 47.000; -55.200 (Placentia Bay) Placentia Bay 47°0′N 54°10′W / 47.000°N 54.167°W / 47.000; -54.167 (Canada)...
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arrived in the bay aboard Prince of Wales, escorted by the destroyers HMS Ripley, HMCS Assiniboine and HMCS Restigouche. At Placentia Bay, Newfoundland...
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have borne the name HMS Placentia, after locations in Newfoundland, including Placentia Bay and the town of Placentia: HMS Placentia (1775) was a 6-gun schooner...
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province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division 1 on Placentia Bay. The name is found in population returns of 1836, and may have been...
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Burin Peninsula (redirect from Little Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador (South Coast))
from the main island of Newfoundland, separating Fortune Bay to the west from Placentia Bay to the east. It measures approximately 130 km (81 mi) in length...
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the Atlantic Conference meeting between FDR and Winston Churchill in Placentia Bay, which yielded the Atlantic Charter. The joint agreement would establish...
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of Commons the following ridings: Avalon: Loses the eastern shore of Placentia Bay to Terra Nova—The Peninsulas; gains Salmon Cove from Bonavista—Burin—Trinity;...
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Naval Station Argentia (redirect from Little Placentia Harbor)
flat headland formed by a small natural bay called Little Placentia Sound and the western end facing Placentia Bay by the Newfoundland government; over 400...
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the south coast from Placentia to Channel-Port aux Basques. The first steam-packet, Lady LeMarchant, operated on Conception Bay after 1852. In 1860 the...
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returned to his law practice. He won a major settlement for fishermen in Placentia Bay in a lawsuit against the Electric Reduction Company whose toxic waste...
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Kikkertavak Island Killiniq Island Long Island (Hermitage Bay) Long Island (Placentia Bay) Merasheen Island Newfoundland New World Island Paul's Island...
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