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French coast 
that part of the Newfoundland coast, since 1783 from Cape St. John northward on the east and the entire west coast down to Cape Ray, where by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 the French were granted fishery and shore-drying rights, an arrangement that lasted until 1904.
See also: French shore (def. 1)
- 1842 Very little is known of the French coast or of the French settlers; the policy of France excludes them from our ports, and the part of the island near or on which they dwell, is situated beyond the thinnest portion of our population.
- 1911 Being asked if the Americans employed vessels in the fishery on the French coast as well as on the other coasts of Newfoundland, he stated that they were not allowed to come round to that part of the French coast or the front of the island.
- 1842 Very little is known of the French coast or of the French settlers; the policy of France excludes them from our ports, and the part of the island near or on which they dwell, is situated beyond the thinnest portion of our population.