Editing Placentia Bay

{{Short description|Body of water on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada}}
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'''Placentia Bay''' ({{langx|fr|Baie de Plaisance}}) is a body of water on the southeast coast of [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]], Canada. It is formed by [[Burin Peninsula]] on the west and [[Avalon Peninsula]] on the east. Fishing grounds in the bay were used by native people long before the first [[European ethnic groups|European]] fishermen arrived in the 16th century. For a time, the [[France|French]] controlled the bay. They built their capital at [[Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador|Placentia]] on the east coast. The British gained Placentia during the [[Treaty of Utrecht]] in 1713. The town and nearby [[Castle Hill, Newfoundland and Labrador|Castle Hill]] are national historic sites. [[England|English]] settlement followed in the bay and today the main communities are [[Burin, Newfoundland and Labrador|Burin]], [[Marystown]], and [[Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador|Placentia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/placentia-bay|title = Placentia Bay - The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date = 18 December 2015|publisher = McClelland & Stewart}}</ref>

On 14 August 1941 [[Naval Station Argentia|US Naval Station Argentia]] located in Little Placentia Sound was the site of the Atlantic Conference for the [[Atlantic Charter]], where [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] met face to face for the first time since both took office and the start of [[World War II]].<ref>{{Cite book|title = The First Summit: Roosevelt and Churchill at Placentia Bay, 1941|last = Wilson|first = Theodore A.|publisher = University Press of Kansas|year = 1991|isbn = 9780700604852|url =https://archive.org/details/firstsummit00wils|url-access = registration}}</ref>  

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[[Category:Bays of Newfoundland and Labrador]]

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