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

I refer to White Bay, a remote district on the so-called French Shore of Newfoundland.

From Extracts from a Journal of a Voyage of Visitation in the "Hawk," 1859 by Feild, Edward

"Possibly by the sheriff, who has wanted you for some time in connection with a certain French Shore lobster case that the government is prosecuting."

From Under the Great Bear by Munroe, Kirk

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 Loyd, Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson)

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

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

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 Duncan, Norman