| Bay de Verde
www.baydeverde.com
Sites
of Interest
Bay de Verde Heritage House & Story
Board
Bear’s Cove / Baccalieu Island Look-Outs
Things
To Do
Walking Trails
Bay
de Verde is located near the
top of the Bay de Verde Peninsula. The community is famous
for its hospitality and spectacular scenery that includes
whales and icebergs in season. The red colour of the soil and the high hills of the community give it a unique look. Homes are built in terraced style above the harbour.
Early History
The name Bay de Verde is Portuguese. Not only the French and English, but also the Portuguese and Spanish fished in the area during the 16th century. The word verde' in Portuguese simply means ‘green” so Bay de Verde means Green Bay. In November 1610, John Guy reported that some of his men were fishing in the waters off “Green Bay”. In one of his letters. Henry Crout says that the Beothuk sometimes hunted caribou on the hills above Bay de Verde. Bay de Verde
was very important to the English West Country migratory
fishery. French raiding parties destroyed the community
and killed a number of inhabitants in 1696 and 1705. More >>
Bay de Verde Heritage House
Bay
de Verde Story Board
In front of Heritage House
The
Bay de Verde Heritage House is a merchant-class Victorian
house built in 1896 which features many exhibits, including
one on the Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve which is the largest seabird island
in Newfoundland and supports 11 species of seabirds, the greatest diversity of breeding seabirds in Eastern North America.
The photo at the left is of the Bay de Verde Heritage House. The Bay de Verde Web Site provides a detailed description of heritage house, including hours of operation and calendar of events. More >>
Bay de Verde - All Seasons!
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Tourism Association Members
Bay de Verde [Municipality on the Baccalieu Trail incorporated 8/22/1950. Population 470 - 2006 census. Bay de Verde is located near the top of the Bay de Verde Peninsula and has been a well know fishing community since the migratory fishery of 16th century. Bay de Verde Heritage House offers a number of displays on community life, and included a display on the Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve.
Contact: baydeverde@nf.aibn.com PO. Box 10
Bay de Verde NL A0A 1E0
Tel: 587-2260 Fax: 587-2049
www.baydeverde.com
Bay
de Verde Heritage Association
was formed to preserve and promote heritage resources
in the community of Bay de Verde. Contact: Molly
Walsh - 7 Blundon’s Point, Bay de Verde
NL A0A 1E0 Tel: (709) 587-2766 Fax: 709-587-2049 Web Site:
www.baydeverde.com |
