French Shore

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noun

Canadian.

1. either of two stretches of coastline inhabited mainly by Francophone Canadians: the W coast of Newfoundland and the SW coast of Nova Scotia between Yarmouth and Digby.

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French Shore

It was not the first interview he had had with the skipper and clerk of the Black Eagle since that trim craft had returned from the French Shore trade.

From Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys by Norman Duncan

Then we got a fair wind, an’ Mad Bill Likely ’lowed he’d make a run for it t’ the northern ports o’ the French Shore.

From Every Man for Himself by Norman Duncan

Trade was brisk as any heart could wish up the White Bay coast to the first harbours of the northern reaches of the French Shore; and there it came to an appalling full stop.

From Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys by Norman Duncan

And the winds of the week had been fair winds from the French Shore.

From Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys by Norman Duncan

We wound up our Newfoundland cruise with St. George's Bay, the last on the French Shore, and the only point at which any difficulty was raised about the exercise of our rights.

From Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville by Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson) Loyd