Muddy Bay is a bay on the coast of
Labrador
, nickname = "The Big Land"
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, 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
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. It is a small eastern inlet of
Favorite Tickle, a strait connecting
Sandwich Bay in the south with the
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Afr ...
in the north.
The bay has a maximum depth between 18 and 20 meters.
In the early 19th century, a salmon post was operational in Muddy Bay.
On the northern shore, there is a former settlement that is also called
Muddy Bay Muddy Bay is a former settlement on the coast of Labrador in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was located on the shore of Muddy Bay, a small bay of Favorite Tickle. Muddy Bay was deeply impacted by the 1918 Influenza Pandemic ...
.
References
Bays of Newfoundland and Labrador
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