Placentia Bay

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bay geographical feature

Placentia Bay is a large bay on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada, historically notable as the site where Churchill and Roosevelt met in 1941 to agree on the Atlantic Charter.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Placentia Bay canonical 13
Placentia Bay (eastern side) 1
Placentia Bay, Newfoundland 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
borderedBy Avalon Peninsula ⓘ
Burin Peninsula ⓘ
climate North Atlantic maritime climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
dateOfEvent August 1941 ⓘ
hasCoordinateRegion approximately 47°N 54°W ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity commercial fishing ⓘ
offshore services ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Atlantic Charter agreement ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Charter conference
hasHistoricalSignificance site of 1941 meeting between Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
hasIsland Brunette Island ⓘ
Long Island (Placentia Bay) ⓘ
Merasheen Island ⓘ
Oderin Island ⓘ
Red Island ⓘ
hasMarineLife Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic cod

capelin ⓘ
herring ⓘ
seals ⓘ
hasPort Argentia ⓘ
Placentia ⓘ
hasRelatedDocument Atlantic Charter agreement ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Charter
historicallyUsedBy Royal Navy ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
knownFor World War II naval activity ⓘ
foggy weather conditions ⓘ
languageRegion English ⓘ
locatedIn Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
Eastern Canada ⓘ
surface form: eastern Canada
locatedInTimeZone Newfoundland Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Argentia ⓘ
Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
locatedOn southeast coast of Newfoundland ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf island of Newfoundland ⓘ
surface form: Newfoundland
nearbySettlement Burin ⓘ
Marystown ⓘ
St. Lawrence, Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Newfoundland and Labrador coastline ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
marine transportation ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
visitedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Winston Churchill ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atlantic Charter agreement → placeSigned → Placentia Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: Atlantic Charter
Atlantic Conference → location → Placentia Bay ⓘ
Avalon Peninsula → contains → Placentia Bay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Placentia Bay (eastern side)
eastern Newfoundland → contains → Placentia Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Newfoundland
Atlantic Meeting → tookPlaceIn → Placentia Bay ⓘ
Argentia → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Placentia Bay ⓘ
Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador → region → Placentia Bay ⓘ
Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador → bay → Placentia Bay ⓘ
Long Island (Placentia Bay) → locatedIn → Placentia Bay ⓘ
Long Island (Placentia Bay) → hasBay → Placentia Bay ⓘ
Marystown → locatedNear → Placentia Bay ⓘ
Burin → hasNearbyBodyOfWater → Placentia Bay ⓘ
Burin Peninsula → hasBodyOfWaterNearby → Placentia Bay ⓘ
Placentia → locatedOn → Placentia Bay ⓘ
USS Augusta → locationDuringEvent → Placentia Bay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Placentia Bay, Newfoundland