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  2. Castle Hill, Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia

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    In the fall of 1692, in the Battle of Placentia (1692), under the command of Commodore Thomas Gillam (Williams), five English ships armed with 62 cannon and 800 men. The English damaged several houses with cannon fire, and on 23 September the fleet withdrew. [3] The French made attacks on St. John's in 1692 and 1694. Fort Royal was built in 1693.

  3. Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia

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    While Placentia was considered a military base, it was also a colony with an economy based on the cod fishery and cod trade. Fishing was a consistently shared activity between French ships and resident boatkeepers. The fisheries of Placentia played a large role in ultimately securing Newfoundland as the world's largest exporter of salt codfish ...

  4. Fort Royal (Newfoundland) - Wikipedia

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    Fort Royal is a French fort built in 1687 on the island of Newfoundland during the time of New France. [ 1 ] In 1662, the French established a commercial counter on a well protected hill overlooking Placentia Bay which separates the Avalon Peninsula form the rest of Newfoundland island and situated near Grand Banks where fish are abundant.

  5. I spent 4 hours and 20 minutes in the state fair's new weed ...

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    12:15 p.m. Somehow, without anyone in the crowd appearing to notice, one sign came off the double doors and a new one went up. The lounge opening was being pushed back another half hour to 1 p.m.

  6. College Football Playoff Round 1 Overreaction: home field ...

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    Whelp, that sure was a lot of blowouts in the first round of the College Football Playoff. On this week's overreaction pod, Dan Wetzel Ross Dellenger and SI's Pat Forde acknowledge what led to ...

  7. Search underway for Michigan woman, 66, who disappeared ... - AOL

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    An active search is underway for a 66-year-old Michigan woman who disappeared from a popular tourist hot spot during a trip to the Grand Canyon more than a week ago, officials said.

  8. Palace of Placentia - Wikipedia

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    The Palace of Placentia, also known as Greenwich Palace, [1] was an English royal residence that was initially built by prince Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in 1443. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Over the centuries it took several different forms, until turned into a hospital in the 1690s.

  9. Heather Locklear Calls Out the Differences Between ... - AOL

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    The ABC sitcom originally starred Michael J. Fox, who left the show after four seasons following his Parkinson's diagnosis and was replaced by Charlie Sheen