Bay de Verde

Bay de Verde (2006 Population 470) is an incorporated town in Conception Bay on the northern tip of the Bay de Verde Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The first recorded inhabitants at Bay de Verde arrived in 1662. Bay de Verde became an incorporated town in 1950. Bay de Verde is the northern most community in Conception Bay. The central part of this picturesque fishing village is nestled between two hills while on both sides of the low lying area gently slope towards the ocean. On the southwestern side is the harbour, called the foreside, where fishing boats are moored in the central section away from the land and wharfs and at one time away from the fishing stages. The other side of this low lying area, called the...