 Twillingate is an island community located on Newfoundland's northeast coast, just at the entrance to Notre Dame Bay. It is one of Newfoundland's oldest seaports and during the 1800's was the most active and prosperous community in northern Newfoundland.
To begin the history of Twillingate we must return to the late 1600's. At this time Notre Dame Bay and all the coast of Newfoundland west of Bonavista was being used by French fishing ships and was known as the French Shore. Between 1650 and 1690 Notre Dame Bay was visited each summer by French ships. The French method of catching and curing cod by heavy salting meant the crews did not have to set up temporary settlements on shore in order to dry the fish. They remained on board their ships all through the fishing season landing on the shores of Notre Dame Bay only long enough to cut wood and obtain fresh drinking water. For this reason, Notre Dame Bay was never settled by the French. Nonetheless, a number of places in the bay still carry names given by these summer visitors from France. Twillingate is one such place.
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