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Great Northern Peninsula

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Great Northern Peninsula or Petit Nord Peninsula, comprising NW Newfoundland island, Canada, extending 170 mi (274 km) NE from Bonne Bay on the west to Cape Bauld at the tip; White Bay borders it on the east. The Long Range, along the west coast, rises to 2,651 ft (808 m) in Gros Morne. Fishing villages dot the indented coastline.
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To the west, White Bay separates it from the Great Northern Peninsula.
The Exploits Valley & Baie Verte by Rogers, Barbara Radcliffe; Rogers, Stillman / Canada's Atlantic Provinces Adventure Guide
Until 1783 the "French Shore" wrapped around the north coast and the Great Northern Peninsula (le Petit Nord), from Bonavista as far as Point Riche near Port-au-Choix.
Passing the ancestral torch: newfoundlanders pay homage to the ... by Wyels, Joyce Gregory / Americas (English Edition)
1,000, a colony close to the tip of the province's Great Northern Peninsula, found the land uninviting.
Newfoundland - Canada's come-by-late province by Salloum, Habeeb / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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