Halls Bay
Bay in Canada
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Halls Bay (also spelled Hall's Bay and Hall Bay in the historical record)[1] is a natural bay located near the Baie Verte Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland, in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
- You may be looking for Hall Basin
Halls Bay has been the determining point for the northern route of the Newfoundland Railway and then the location of the Trans-Canada Highway and is commonly referred to as the Halls Bay Line. Communities located in Halls Bay are; Springdale, South Brook and Port Anson.
The Bay is believed to be named after a Captain Hall, who may have established a colonial settlement there in the 1820s to prosecute the local salmon fishery. A local legend claims Hall may have lost his head there in a conflict with Indigenous people, but historians of the same period disputed this.[1]
Notable people
- Mattie Mitchell (1846-1921) - Mi’kmaq Chieftain, guide, prospector, and explorer.
