St. George's Bay (Newfoundland and Labrador)
{{Short description|Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada}}
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St. George's Bay[http://geonames2.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/v9/sima_unique_v9?english?AAWDF?C Geographical Names of Canada - St. George's Bay] - informally referred to as Bay St. George due to its French translation Baie St-George - is a large bay in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland and comprises a sub-basin of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The estimated population of the entire bay is 16,000, based on the demographic data of each community.
The bay measures approximately {{convert|64|km|mi|lk=on}} wide at its mouth, between Cape Anguille in the south, and Cape St. George in the north. Its northern shore measures approximately {{convert|60|km|mi|abbr=on}} in length from the head of the bay at Stephenville Crossing to Cape St. George, located at the western tip of the Port au Port Peninsula. The southern shore measures approximately {{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Stephenville Crossing to Cape Anguille.
Communities along the shoreline of St. George's Bay include (from northwest to east to southwest):
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- Cape St. George
- Petit Jardin
- Grand Jardin
- De Grau
- Red Brook
- Loretto
- Marches Point
- Sheaves Cove
- Lower Cove
- Ship Cove
- Jerrys Nose
- Abraham's Cove
- Campbells Creek
- Man of War Cove
- Felix Cove
- Aguathuna
- Bellmans Cove
- Port au Port
- Port au Port East
- Romaines
- Kippens
- Stephenville
- Stephenville Crossing
- Mattis Point
- Barachois Brook
- Seal Rocks
- St. George's
- Sandy Point
- Shallop Cove
- Flat Bay
- Flat Bay West
- St. Teresa
- Journois
- Fischells
- Heatherton
- Robinsons
- McKay's
- Jeffrey's
- Bay St. George South
- St. David's
- Maidstone
- St. Fintan's
- Loch Leven
- Highlands
- Cape Anguille
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See also
- Isthmus Bay, a sub-bay along the northern edge
- List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
References
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- Natural Resources Canada (1984). Cape St. George, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System.
- Natural Resources Canada (1984). Mainland, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System.
- Natural Resources Canada (1984). Flat Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System.
- Natural Resources Canada (1984). Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System.
- Natural Resources Canada (1984). Main Gut, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System.
- Natural Resources Canada (1984). Harrys River, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System.
- Natural Resources Canada (1984). St. Fintan's, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System.
- Natural Resources Canada (1984). Little Friars Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System.
- Natural Resources Canada (1984). Codroy, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System.
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