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Muddy Bay is a former settlement on the coast of
Labrador , nickname = "The Big Land" , etymology = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 ...
in the province of
Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
,
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...
. It was located on the shore of Muddy Bay, a small bay of
Favorite Tickle A favourite (British English) or favorite (American English) was the intimate companion of a ruler or other important person. In post-classical and early-modern Europe, among other times and places, the term was used of individuals delegated si ...
. Muddy Bay was deeply impacted by the 1918 Influenza Pandemic which resulted in the deaths of 21% of its total population of 320 at the time. The Labrador Public School opened by the
Anglican Church Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of t ...
in 1920 as part of the
Canadian Indian residential school system In Canada, the Indian residential school system was a network of boarding schools for Indigenous peoples. The network was funded by the Canadian government's Department of Indian Affairs and administered by Christian churches. The schoo ...
was primarily occupied by orphaned children due to the casualties. In 1913 Clarence Birdseye purchased land at Muddy Bay where he built a ranch to keep foxes.


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Ghost towns in Newfoundland and Labrador {{Labrador-geo-stub