Notre Dame Bay

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Notre Dame Bay (Newfoundland)
Notre Dame Bay
Notre Dame Bay
Location of Notre Dame Bay in Newfoundland

Notre Dame Bay is a large bay in Newfoundland, Canada.

The name, French for Our Lady Bay, dates to at least 1550, and is possibly a French translation of an earlier Portuguese name.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hamilton, William Baillie (1996). Place Names of Atlantic Canada. University of Toronto Press, p. 239. ISBN 0802075703. 

Coordinates: 49.65° N 55.33° W

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