Muddy Bay (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Muddy Bay
Location of Muddy Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador
Muddy Bay is a bay on the coast of Labrador in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is a small eastern inlet of Favorite Tickle, a strait connecting Sandwich Bay in the south with the Atlantic Ocean in the north.[1] The bay has a maximum depth between 18 and 20 meters.[1]
In the early 19th century, a salmon post was operational in Muddy Bay.[2] On the northern shore, there is a former settlement that is also called Muddy Bay.[3]
References
- ^ a b United States Hydrographic Office; Davenport, Richard G. (1884). Newfoundland and Labrador: The coast and banks of Newfoundland and the coast of Labrador, from Grand Point to the Koksoak River, with the adjacent islands and banks (Public domain ed.). Govt. print. off. pp. 492–. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ Kennedy, John C. (2015). Encounters: An Anthropological History of Southeastern Labrador. McGill-Queen's Press. ISBN 978-0-7735-8344-3. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Sailing Directions: Labrador and Hudson Bay". Canadian Hydrographic Service. 6. Department of the Environment.: 193 1988. ISBN 9780660128757. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
53°39′07″N 57°03′18″W / 53.652°N 57.055°W / 53.652; -57.055 (Muddy Bay)
