Cape St. Mary's (Newfoundland and Labrador) in the context of Cape Shore

The Cape Shore is a region on the southwestern portion of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland, Canada.

Often confused or conflated with the Southern Shore (a rural district with strong Irish-Newfoundland heritage stretching south from St. John's to Trepassey), the Cape Shore is similarly rural and populated by Irish Newfoundlanders, but is geographically distinct. It is named for Cape St. Mary's, the southeastern tip of Placentia Bay, celebrated in the famous Newfoundland ballad Let Me Fish Off Cape St. Mary's.