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Placentia & St. Mary's District Place Name Changes

PLACENTIA BAY
Old Name	New Name
Tinny Cove	Trinny Cove
Petit Plaisance	Little Placentia
Little Placentia	Argentia
Ann's Cove	St. Anne's
Barren Island	Bar Haven
Rams Island	Iona
Burgeo	Chambers
Davis Island	Port Elizabeth
Distress Cove	St. Brides
Arch Cove	Graden Cove
Bay de Lieu	Brookside
Famish Cove	Fairhaven
Plaisance	Great Placentia
Great Placentia	Placentia
Point Verte	Point Verde
Swells Cove	Seal Cove
Kearney's Cove	Long Island
La Manche Mines	La Manche
Mud Cove*	Wandsworth*
Mussel Harbour	Port Royal
Mussel Harbour Arm	Kingwell
Kiar's Cove	Black Island
Northwest Cove	Presque
Spoon Cove	Epworth
Swells Cove	Seal Cove

Contributed by Devon Griffon (2011 01 06)
*Item Submitted by Wilson Dicks (2011 01 15)

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