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on the east. Fishing grounds in the bay were used by native people long before the first
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located in Little Placentia Sound was the site of the Atlantic Conference for the
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met face to face for the first time since both took office and the start of
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settlement followed in the bay and today the main communities are
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The First Summit: Roosevelt and Churchill at Placentia Bay, 1941
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Body of water on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada
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on the east coast. The British gained Placentia during the
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fishermen arrived in the 16th century. For a time, the
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Placentia Bay is located in Newfoundland
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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