Talk:Bayport (The Hardy Boys)

Bayport is not Fictional
The setting for the Hardy Boys books is not fictional. The creater of the series Edward Stratemeyer chose Bayport, NY to be the setting.

Barmet Bay is from old Dutch
Barmetje Baai is what the early Dutch settlers called the Great South Bay. It means "Little Severe Bay" which is from "Barmetje Baai." Barme is "severe" in Dutch.


 * Read about the Dutch on the Great South Bay in NY