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Treaty Shore Hist. 
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)
- 1920 North of it is called the French or Treaty Shore, or as the French themselves much more quaintly named it, "Le Petit Nord."
- 1920 North of it is called the French or Treaty Shore, or as the French themselves much more quaintly named it, "Le Petit Nord."