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Deer Island, Newfoundland And Labrador
Deer Island was a small place with only one family in the Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, area circa 1864. It had a population of 109 by 1940. See also * List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador This article lists unincorporated communities of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Incorporated towns and cities are incorporated municipalities and can be found on List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundla ... Ghost towns in Newfoundland and Labrador {{Canada-ghost-town-stub ...
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Bonavista, Newfoundland And Labrador
Bonavista (2021 population: 3,190) is a town on the Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Unlike many Newfoundland coastal settlements, Bonavista was built on an open plain, not in a steep cove, and thus had room to expand to its current area of . Bonavista is located approximately 300km from the provincial capital of St. John's. History John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto), a freelance Italian explorer, was contracted by England's Henry VII to find new lands, and a sea route to the Orient. Cabot set sail from Bristol, England in his ship the ''Matthew'' in 1497. When Cabot first saw land he reputedly said "O Buon Vista" ("Oh, Happy Sight!") giving rise to the name of the town and nearby Cape Bonavista. Cabot landed with "a crucifix and raised banners with the arms of the Holy Father and those of the King of England". The land was inhabited, as the expedition found a trail leading inland, a site where a fire had been, and "a stick half ...
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List Of Communities In Newfoundland And Labrador
This article lists unincorporated communities of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Incorporated towns and cities are incorporated municipalities and can be found on List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland and Labrador at Confederation in 1949 had nearly 1,450 communities. Today it has fewer than 700. A listing of abandoned communities is found at the List of ghost towns in Newfoundland and Labrador. __NOTOC__ A * Aaron Arm, Burgeo (Newfoundland) * Allan's Island, Lamaline (Newfoundland) * Amherst Cove (Newfoundland) * Angels Cove (Newfoundland) * Angelbrook, Glovertown (Newfoundland) * Apsey Beach (Newfoundland) * Apsey Brook (Newfoundland) * Argentia, Placentia (Newfoundland) * Arnold's Cove Station (Newfoundland) * Aspen Cove (Newfoundland) B * Back Cove, Fogo (Newfoundland) *Back Harbour, Twillingate (Newfoundland) * Bacon Cove, Conception Harbour (Newfoundland) *Badger's Quay, New-Wes-Valley (Newfoundland) * Bailey's Co ...
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