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Bay d'Espoir (/ ˌ b eɪ d ə s ˈ p ɛər / BAY-dəs-PAIR) [1] is an arm of Hermitage Bay in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, located on the south coast of Newfoundland. [2] [3] Communities in Bay d'Espoir include: Milltown-Head of Bay d'Espoir, Morrisville, St. Alban's, St. Joseph's Cove, St. Veronica's and Miawpukek.
Milltown–Head of Bay d'Espoir is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 669 in the Canada 2021 Census . In January 2017, Bay d'Espoir Academy , along with the local RCMP detachment and Milltown Town Hall/Fire Department, was set ablaze in an act of arson. [ 1 ]
The headwaters of the Bay d'Espoir system begin at Victoria Lake at an approximate elevation of 320 metres. Through a man-made array of dams and canals, this water is directed to generating plants at Granite Canal, Upper Salmon and, finally, 150 km from Victoria Lake to its final tidewater destination at Bay d'Espoir.
Morrisville is located in the Bay d'Espoir region and is 169 km from Grand Falls-Windsor. In October 2016, the town, along with a few others in Atlantic Canada was devastated from flooding related to Hurricane Matthew .
Route 360, also known as Bay d'Espoir Highway, is a provincial highway in Newfoundland and Labrador. It runs from the Bishop's Falls area to Bay d'Espoir and Harbour Breton . The road is very isolated for at least 140 kilometres (87 mi), where there are no communities or stops to refuel. [ 1 ]
Bay d'Espoir Academy is a K-12 school in St. Alban's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada that serves the Bay d'Espoir region of the south coast in Central Newfoundland. [1] The principal is Steven Buffet and the vice-principal is Rebecca Parsons-Burden. The school operates under the Newfoundland and Labrador English School District.
Bay d'Espoir Airport (TC LID: CCX4) [2] is an abandoned airport located 2.9 NM (5.4 km; 3.3 mi) southwest of the Bay d'Espoir Hydroelectric Power Station, in Newfoundland, Canada. References [ edit ]
The Granite Canal Hydroelectric Generating Station [1] is a component of the Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Corporation's Bay d’Espoir Hydro Electric Development system. . The generating station has a rated capacity of 40 MW with an annual average energy production of 224 gigawatt hours (G