Freshwater, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador

Freshwater is a small coastal community on Placentia Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is one of several settlements on the Placentia Bay shoreline and is oriented toward inshore fisheries and coastal living.

The community sits on the Avalon Peninsula’s Placentia Bay coast, among other small towns and coves that line the bay. Local access is by regional roads connecting to nearby larger service centres in the region.

Freshwater (Placentia Bay) is reached by driving local coastal roads on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland; larger service towns such as Placentia provide connections and supplies.

• Confirm ferry schedules if approaching by sea; some local roads are narrow and winding.
• Check with local visitor centres for any community events-small Newfoundland towns have lively summer festivals.