Grand Bay (
NST) is a small bay to the west of
Channel-Port aux Basques,
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
,
Canada. Two communities line the bay, on the east is Grand Bay East and on the west,
Grand Bay West.
Grand Bay first appeared on Captain
James Cook
James Cook (7 November 1728 Old Style date: 27 October – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean an ...
's 1766 chart of the south coast of
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
. It was the landing place for
Micmac and
French
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groups who crossed the
Cabot Strait in the early 18th century in contravention of the terms of the
Treaty of Utrecht (1713).
Kettle and Lomond were common surnames among the settlers in the Grand Bay area; among them is Wilson Kettle who was entered in the
Guinness World Records as having the largest number of living descendants.
Bays of Newfoundland and Labrador
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