Sweet Bay: Located 13.0 km (8.1 mi) north of Charleston, while there is a bit of history about the settlement of Sweet Bay, there is no definitive proof of how the name was chosen.

One can assume that one of the early settlers chose this truly commendatory name because of the "sentiments" that the location aroused in him or her. From the ENL:

The community of Sweet Bay is located along the southwest arm of an inlet of the same name on the southern side of Bonavista Bay.

With its deep and sheltered harbour far removed from most fishing grounds. Sweet Bay was probably used for winter woods work by families from Tickle Cove area before being settled by families engaged in the Labrador fishery.

Tradition has it that the first settler was Daniel Dooley, who came there around 1870....Sweet Bay appears in the 1874 census with a population of 57, and by 1884 there were 181 people, most involved in the Labrador fishery.

In the late 1800s residents also became involved in the lobster fishery, and by 1901 there were 10 lobster factories

Used with permission from "Uncovering the Origin of 1001 Unique Place Names in Newfoundland and Labrador" 2021 Jennifer Leigh Hill

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