St. George's Bay - informally referred to as Bay St. George due to its French translation Baie St-George - is a large bay in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland and comprises a sub-basin of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
The bay measures approximately wide at its mouth, between Cape Anguille in the south, and Cape St. George in the north. Its northern shore measures approximately in length from the head of the bay at Stephenville Crossing to Cape St. George, located at the western tip of the Port au Port Peninsula. The southern shore measures approximately from Stephenville Crossing to Cape Anguille.
Communities along the shoreline of St. George's Bay include (from northwest to east to southwest):
Cape St. George
Petit Jardin
Grand Jardin
De Grau
Red Brook
Loretto
Marches Point
Sheaves Cove
Lower Cove
Ship Cove
Jerrys Nose
Abraham's Cove
Campbells Creek
Man of War Cove
Felix Cove
Aguathuna
Bellmans Cove
Port au Port
Port au Port East
Romaines
Kippens
Stephenville
Stephenville Crossing
Mattis Point
Barachois Brook
Seal Rocks
St. George's
Sandy Point
Shallop Cove
Flat Bay
Flat Bay West
St. Teresa
Journois
Fischells
Heatherton
Robinsons
McKay's
Jeffrey's
Bay St. George South
St. David's
Maidstone
St. Fintan's
Loch Leven
Highlands
Cape Anguille
See also
Isthmus Bay, a sub-bay along the northern edge
List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
References
Natural Resources Canada (1984). Cape St. George, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System. Natural Resources Canada (1984). Mainland, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System. Natural Resources Canada (1984). Flat Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System. Natural Resources Canada (1984). Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System. Natural Resources Canada (1984). Main Gut, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System. Natural Resources Canada (1984). Harrys River, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System. Natural Resources Canada (1984). St. Fintan's, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System. Natural Resources Canada (1984). Little Friars Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System. Natural Resources Canada (1984). Codroy, Newfoundland and Labrador [map]. 1:50,000 NAD27. National Topographic System.