Merasheen
Merasheen is a community located on the southwestern tip of Merasheen Island in Placentia Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was one of the largest and most prosperous communities in Placentia Bay to be resettled, with the provincial government paying residents to abandon the community and relocate to designated growth centres during the 1960s.- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Also known as: “Merasheen, Newfoundland and Labrador”
Merasheen
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
47.41349° or 47° 24′ 49″ north
Longitude
-54.34704° or 54° 20′ 49″ west
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
88V7CM73+95
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Irish—“Merasheen” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “مراشين”
- Irish: “Merasheen”
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