Trepassey

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The entry is geolocated on the map in NL, across 5 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including Populated coastal places in Canada and Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Trepassey
Settlement.native_name: Trépassés (Dead Men)
Settlement.nicknames: Bay of Dead Men, Bay of Souls, River of Roses, The Golden Grove
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: Newfoundland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Trepassey in Newfoundland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.established_title: Settled
Settlement.established_date: 1617
Settlement.area_total_km2: 55.81
Settlement.population_as_of: 2021
Settlement.population_total: 405
Settlement.population_density_km2: 8.6
Settlement.timezone: Newfoundland Time
Settlement.utc_offset: -3:30
Settlement.timezone_DST: Newfoundland Daylight

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Wikidata facts

Country: Canada
Located in: Newfoundland and Labrador
Population: 405
Area: 55.81
Time zone: UTC+03:30
Image: 2011 - FEB 12 - 22 - NEWFOUNDLAND -033 Trepassey south end (5452708035).jpg
Dialing code: 709

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inception: 1617-00-00
Commons category: Trepassey

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Trepassey () is a small fishing community located in Trepassey Bay on the south eastern corner of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was in Trepassey Harbour where the flight of the Friendship took off, with Amelia Earhart on board, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. thumbnail|280px|Trepassey, 1869 thumb|280px|U.S. Navy ships in Trepassey Bay, May 1919.

==History== Trepassey originates from the French word trépassés (dead men), named after Baie des Trépassés on the Brittany coast of France. It is believed that it acquired this name due to the many shipwrecks that have occurred off its coast. Trepassey is the name of the harbour, the bay and the community. Later the translation was used as 'Dead Man's Bay' due to the tragic shipwrecks along the coast. Alternatively, the 'tre' element of the name could come from the Welsh word for 'town', explained by the Welsh influence of the Vaughan family.

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