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Coordinates: 47°41′19″N 57°18′50″W / 47.6886111°N 57.3138889°W / 47.6886111; -57.3138889 (White Bear Bay)
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'''White Bear Bay''' is natural bay on the island of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] in the province of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], [[Canada]]. The [[Ramea]] islands are south of the bay.<ref name="OfficeDavenport1884">{{cite book|author1=United States Hydrographic Office|last2=Davenport|first2=Richard G.|title=Newfoundland and Labrador: The coast and banks of Newfoundland and the coast of Labador, from Grand Point to the Koksoak River, with the adjacent islands and banks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmkDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA157|accessdate=20 November 2011|edition=Public domain|year=1884|publisher=Govt. print. off.|pages=157–158}}</ref> The bay is filled with fjords, valleys and massive waterfalls which makes it a well known tourist spot. Many people own cabins in the bay to temporarily live there.
'''White Bear Bay''' is natural bay on the island of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] in the province of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], [[Canada]]. The [[Ramea]] islands are south of the bay.<ref name="OfficeDavenport1884">{{cite book|author1=United States Hydrographic Office|last2=Davenport|first2=Richard G.|title=Newfoundland and Labrador: The coast and banks of Newfoundland and the coast of Labador, from Grand Point to the Koksoak River, with the adjacent islands and banks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmkDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA157|accessdate=20 November 2011|edition=Public domain|year=1884|publisher=Govt. print. off.|pages=157–158}}</ref> The bay is filled with fjords, valleys and massive waterfalls which makes it a well known tourist spot. Many people own cabins in the bay to temporarily live there.

White Bear Bay was also the name of a now abandoned community within the bay. It was settled by the early 1800s and abandoned after 1901.<ref>{{cite web|title=Resettlement - A Listing of Resettled and Abandoned Communities of the Burgeo-LaPolie District|url=http://www.ngb.chebucto.org/Resettlement/re-burgeo.shtml|accessdate=15 April 2021}}</ref>


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Revision as of 17:53, 15 April 2021

White Bear Bay is natural bay on the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The Ramea islands are south of the bay.[1] The bay is filled with fjords, valleys and massive waterfalls which makes it a well known tourist spot. Many people own cabins in the bay to temporarily live there.

White Bear Bay was also the name of a now abandoned community within the bay. It was settled by the early 1800s and abandoned after 1901.[2]

References

  1. ^ United States Hydrographic Office; Davenport, Richard G. (1884). Newfoundland and Labrador: The coast and banks of Newfoundland and the coast of Labador, from Grand Point to the Koksoak River, with the adjacent islands and banks (Public domain ed.). Govt. print. off. pp. 157–158. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Resettlement - A Listing of Resettled and Abandoned Communities of the Burgeo-LaPolie District". Retrieved 15 April 2021.

47°41′19″N 57°18′50″W / 47.6886111°N 57.3138889°W / 47.6886111; -57.3138889 (White Bear Bay)