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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 ...
Long Island along with Merasheen Island and Red Island make up the majority of the islands in Placentia Bay. Long Island is located approximately 22 kilometres northwest of Argentia . It is separated from Merasheen Island to the west by a 24 kilometre long channel that narrows to within 2.12 kilometres.
Placentia may refer to: Palace of Placentia, an English royal palace; Placentia, Italy, a Roman city known today as Piacenza; Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Placentia Bay, body of water; Placentia, California, United States Placentia station, proposed train station in Placentia; Battle of Placentia (disambiguation) Placentia Bay
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.
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.
Freshwater is a neighborhood in located in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador. Placentia was originally settled by the French in the 1630s that fishing settlement was called Petit Plaisance, meaning "Pleasant Little Place".
Today, the Placentia Library District has over 330,000 visitors annually, with over 42,000 library cards issued. The library holds over 102,000 materials. In September 2018, the Placentia Library began a major $2.3 million renovation/modernization project as part of the library's centennial anniversary. The project was completed on September 14 ...
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.