Beaumont Avenue, an improvement on what was said to be an old logging or portage, was built in 1916-20, in memory of Beaumont-Hamel, France, which was a major battleground during the Battle of the Somme. The location in which 92 per cent of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment was either killed or wounded, many from Grand Falls.
Other streets named from Battles from the Great War include: Suvla Road, Polygon Road, Monchy Road, and Perrone Road. Haig Road was named for the British Field Marshall, later so vilified for the failure of the Somme Offensive, who commanded the British Expeditionary Force, which included the Royal Newfoundland Regiment.
