Trepassey
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Trepassey Trépassés (Dead Men) |
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| Town | |
| Nickname(s): Bay of Dead Men, Bay of Souls, The Golden Grove | |
 Trepassey
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| Coordinates: 46°44.2′N 53°21.80′W / 46.7367°N 53.36333°WCoordinates: 46°44.2′N 53°21.80′W / 46.7367°N 53.36333°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Newfoundland and Labrador
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| Settled | 1617 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 55.81 km2 (21.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 570 |
| • Density | 10.2/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Newfoundland Time (UTC-3:30) |
| • Summer (DST) | Newfoundland Daylight (UTC-2:30) |
| Area code(s) | 709 |
Trepassey (46°44.2′N 53°21.80′W / 46.7367°N 53.36333°W), 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, piloted by Amelia Earhart. Amelia became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
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.
French explorer Jacques Cartier passed through Trepassey Bay during his second voyage of exploration in 1536. Later, French, Spanish and Portuguese lived and fished near the area. Early English settlement attempts failed, and it was not until the latter part of the 17th century that the French settled the area. In 1702, during The War of The Spanish Succession, Rear Admiral John Leake of the Royal Navy entered the harbour as part of a large naval expedition aimed at raiding numerous French settlements. Leake engaged and sank many French merchant ships and attacked French fishing stations, destroying them and driving the French from Trepassey. Until the Treaty of Utretch was signed, Trepassey was the sole settlement where English and French borders in Newfoundland met. Later fishermen from the West Country of England arrived, to be followed by large numbers of Irish and by the 1770s the Irish formed the majority of the population.
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