Placentia Bay
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Placentia Bay
Location of Placentia Bay in Newfoundland
Placentia Bay is a body of water on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada. It is formed by Burin Peninsula on the west and Avalon Peninsula on the east. Fishing grounds in the bay were used by native people long before the first European fishermen arrived in the 1500s. For a time, the French controlled the bay. They built their capital at Placentia on the east coast. The British gained Placentia during the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. The town and nearby Castle Hill are national historic sites. English settlement followed in the bay and today the main communities are Burin, Marystown, and Placentia.
NS Argentia located in Little Placentia Sound was the site of the Atlantic Conference for the Atlantic Charter.
- placentiabay.ca: A community based website for current and resettled towns in Placentia Bay.
- USS Augusta (CA-31) web site
- Atlantic Conference
- Bays of Newfoundland
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