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Connaigre Peninsula

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The Connaigre Peninsula is a Canadian peninsula located on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador . Harbour Breton is the largest population centre on the peninsula.

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5-835: The Connaigre Peninsula is triangular shaped, separating Bay d'Espoir on the western side and Belle Bay along with Fortune Bay on the east. The peninsula takes its name from the small fishing community of Connaigre that was resettled in 1954 under the Centralization Programme by the Newfoundland government. Route 360 extends the length of the Peninsula starting near Bishop's Falls and ending at Harbour Breton . Route 362 extends from Route 360 to communities such as Belleoram and St. Jacques-Coomb's Cove (St. Jacques, English Harbour West , Mose Ambrose, Boxey , Coomb's Cove, and Wreck Cove ). Pool's Cove has road access via

10-538: Is located in Bay d'Espoir. The name appears in printed form with many different spellings, some of which are: Bay D' Espoir/e, Bay of Despair, Bay Despoir/e, Baie D' Espoir/e, Baie Despair and Baie Despoir/e . Bay d'Espoir is often translated locally either as Bay of Hope or Bay of Despair. The name Bay of Despair may be an English corruption of the French name Baie d'Espoir. However, the French cartographer Bellin referred to

15-470: The 8.1-kilometre-long (5.0 mi) Pool's Cove Road, connecting the town with Route 362. Route 364 extends from Route 360 to communities such as Hermitage-Sandyville , Dawson's Cove , Seal Cove and Pass Island . A daily ferry service from Hermitage travels to the isolated outports of Gaultois and McCallum . Rencontre East , another isolated community, is accessible by a ferry port in Pool's Cove on

20-806: The Connaigre Peninsula and travels to Bay L'Argent on the Burin Peninsula via Rencontre East. 47°34′N 55°40′W  /  47.567°N 55.667°W  / 47.567; -55.667 Bay d%27Espoir Bay d'Espoir ( / ˌ b eɪ d ə s ˈ p ɛər / BAY -dəs- PAIR ) is an arm of Hermitage Bay in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence , located on the south coast of Newfoundland . Communities in Bay d'Espoir include: Milltown-Head of Bay d'Espoir , Morrisville, St. Alban's , St. Joseph's Cove , St. Veronica's and Miawpukek . The Miawpukek First Nation reserve of Samiajij Miawpukek (Conne River)

25-489: The bay as "Baie du Desespoir" on his 1743 map "Carte de l'Isle de Terre-Neuve". Therefore, the actual sequence may have been from "Baie du Desespoir" to the English literal translation "Bay of Despair", which appears as early as 1733 on a Henry Popple map, and then to a French corruption of this, namely "Baie d'Espoir". The English name "Bay of Despair" can also be found in a navigation guide written by James Cook . Bay d'Espoir

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