Trepassey Bay

Trepassey Bay opens from the southern end of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula, close to the North Atlantic fishing grounds. Throughout the seventeenth century its harbour served seasonal fishermen from several countries, including France, England and the Basque lands. In June 1720 the pirate Bartholomew Roberts entered Trepassey, where fishing vessels lay at anchor. His crew took a ship and provisions before returning to sea, bringing the violence of Atlantic piracy into the busy fishing harbour.