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Bay d'Espoir is a fjordlike arm of Hermitage Bay on Newfoundland's south coast, entered between West Head and Dawson Point, 3 km northwest. More than 50 km from mouth to head, ice-free Bay d'Espoir (French for "hope") has sheer cliffs and steep-sided hills rising 180 to 300 m. The bay divides into 2 principal arms to the north and northeast beyond 14 km long Bois Island. Because of the tremendous watershed from a surrounding glacial plateau, the area was chosen as the site of a hydroelectric power development, built 1964-77, at 600 MW the largest in insular Newfoundland.
Until 1964 Bay d'Espoir was sparsely settled by Newfoundlanders originating in PLACENTIA B in the 1700s, and by MICMAC who established the Conne River settlement by the mid-1800s. Today fishing, lumbering and construction work are the area's main sources of employment.
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