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Southwest Arm
Southwest Arm is an inlet of Random Sound, Trinity Bay, in Newfoundland and Labrador. The Southwest Arm is bordered by a number of small communities called outports. On the north side of the arm are Ivany's Cove, Hillview, Hatchet Cove, and St. Jones Within. On the southern shore are Northwest Brook, Queen's Cove, Long Beach, Hodge's Cove, Caplin Cove, Little Heart's Ease, Gooseberry Cove, Southport Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. Southport lies on the Iris ... and Butter Cove. Populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador {{Newfoundland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newfoundland And Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of 405,212 square kilometres (156,500 sq mi). In 2021, the population of Newfoundland and Labrador was estimated to be 521,758. The island of Newfoundland (and its smaller neighbouring islands) is home to around 94 per cent of the province's population, with more than half residing in the Avalon Peninsula. Labrador borders the province of Quebec, and the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon lies about 20 km west of the Burin Peninsula. According to the 2016 census, 97.0 per cent of residents reported English as their native language, making Newfoundland and Labrador Canada's most linguistically homogeneous province. A majority of the population is descended from English and Irish s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity Bay (Newfoundland And Labrador)
Trinity Bay is a large bay on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Bay along with Placentia Bay to the southwest define the isthmus of Avalon from which the Avalon Peninsula lies to the east of the main landmass of Newfoundland Island. The maximum depth of the bay is about . Major fishing communities include Trinity and Heart's Content. The smaller communities in Newfoundland may often be referenced by the Bay in which they are located, e.g.: 'Brownsdale, TB'. Industry Trinity Bay is the location of where a "nearly intact" specimen of giant squid was found, on September 24, 1877. In April 2003, thousands of dead northern cod, washed up on the shores of Smith Sound in a single weekend, prompting scientific inquiry into the cause. Jellyfish harvesting communities include Smith Sound, Old Perlican, and Northwest and Southwest Arms. See also * Hopeall Bay, opens into the bay * Robinhood Bay Robinhood Bay is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outports
An outport is the term given for a small coastal community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador other than the chief port of St. John's. Originally, the term was used for coastal communities on the island of Newfoundland, but the term has now been adopted for those on the mainland area of Labrador as well. History Outports are some of the oldest European settlements in Canada. Giovanni Caboto (known by his English sponsors as John Cabot) visited Newfoundland or Cape Breton Island in 1497; and news spread quickly that Cabot had caught cod by simply lowering and lifting a weighted basket. Gaspar Corte-Real of Portugal visited Newfoundland in 1500, and by 1506 the catch from the Grand Banks of Newfoundland encouraged the King of Portugal to impose a ten percent import tariff to protect local fishermen. The first recorded French fishing boat on the Grand Banks was in 1504, Basque whalers arrived in 1527, and Spanish fishermen followed by 1540. A lot of fishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivany's Cove
Northwest Brook-Ivany's Cove-Queens Cove is a designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Geography Northwest Brook-Ivany's Cove-Queens Cove is in Newfoundland within Subdivision M of Division No. 7. Demographics As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Northwest Brook-Ivany's Cove-Queens Cove recorded a population of 391 living in 162 of its 193 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 380. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. See also *List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador *List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data. It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population ce ... References {{Subdivisions of Newfoundland and Labra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillview-Adeytown
Hillview-Adeytown is a former local service district and former designated place on the east coast of Newfoundland in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada that existed from 1999 until 2008. It consisted of the village of Hillview on the Southwest Arm of Trinity Bay and the village of Adeytown ( ) on the Northwest Arm of Trinity Bay, just south of Clarenville. Today Hillview-Adeytown is part of the designated place of Hillview-Adeytown-Hatchet Cove-St. Jones Within and part of the local service district of Random Sound West. History of Adeytown Adeytown (formerly called Lee Bight), like Deep Bight, Piston Mere, Maggoty Cove and Forrester's Point, was founded in the 1850s and 1860s as a small logging operation and, with the building of the Newfoundland Railway, it grew as the demand for lumber was at a peak. Edward and Pasco Adey came to Lee Bight c.1865 from Hant's Harbour with the intention of logging. Lee Bight had all of the natural requirements for a logging operation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatchet Cove
Hatchet Cove is a settlement located southeast of Clarenville. The Way Office was established in 1888 and Elial Robbins was the first Waymaster. It had a population of 67 in 1956. 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 ... Populated coastal places in Canada Populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador {{Newfoundland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North West Brook
North West Brook is an unincorporated community located in Trinity Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador, on the Southern Shore of the Southwest Arm Southwest Arm is an inlet of Random Sound, Trinity Bay, in Newfoundland and Labrador. The Southwest Arm is bordered by a number of small communities called outports. On the north side of the arm are Ivany's Cove, Hillview, Hatchet Cove, and .... Populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador {{Newfoundland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Cove, Newfoundland And Labrador
Northwest Brook-Ivany's Cove-Queens Cove is a designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t .... Geography Northwest Brook-Ivany's Cove-Queens Cove is in Newfoundland within Subdivision M of Division No. 7. Demographics As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Northwest Brook-Ivany's Cove-Queens Cove recorded a population of 391 living in 162 of its 193 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 380. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. See also * List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador * List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador References {{Subdivisions of Newfoundland and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Beach, Newfoundland And Labrador
Long Beach is a small community south east of Clarenville Clarenville is a town on the east coast of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Clarenville was incorporated in 1951. It is located in the Shoal Harbour valley, fronting an arm of the Atlantic Ocean called Random ... in Trinity Bay on the island of Newfoundland. Long Beach was the last recorded community in Southwest Arm to be settled, in 1865, when settlers came to live there from Grates Cove. The Post office first opened in 1889 and the first Postmaster was M.H. Vey. Some of the surnames that were residents of Long Beach were: Abbott, Fry, Harris, King, Vey, Barfitt and Quinton. See also * List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador Populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador {{Newfoundland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hodge's Cove
Hodge's Cove is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is southeast of Clarenville. Hodge's Cove was settled in 1861 and was first referred to as Hodge's Hole. It is not known for sure, but the settlement's name may have come from visitors who made short trips to the area to cut wood. As early as the 1840s, fisherman from Grates Cove in Trinity Bay came to Southwest Arm looking for wood. The way office was established in 1884 and the first way master was James Drover. It had a population of 261 in 2016. Geography Hodges Cove is located on the southern shoreline of Southwest Arm in a valley with the surrounding hills rising to an elevation of 150 meters. The community features three pebble beaches and two islands locally known as "The little island", which can be accessed by foot at low tide. and "The big island". In the middle of the community contains Hodge's Cove pond, a shallow tidal pond in which its mudflats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Heart's Ease, Newfoundland And Labrador
Little Heart's Ease is a community on the Southwest Arm on the east coast of Newfoundland, southeast of Clarenville. The Post Office was established in 1893. The first Postmaster was Eli Martin. It had a population of 443 in 1996. About 1612 it was referred as "Hearts Ease" by Governor John Guy of Cupids, as did Sir Richard Whitbourne, Governor of Renews Renews–Cappahayden is a small fishing town on the southern shore of Newfoundland, south of St. John's. The town was incorporated in the mid-1960s by amalgamating the formerly independent villages of Renews and Cappahayden. Renews–Cappaha .... It was known for its fishing activity and as a very secure harbour for schooners. Today long-liners and draggers still enjoy its protection. See also * List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador * Southwest Arm Populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador {{Newfoundland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gooseberry Cove
Gooseberry Cove is a settlement in the Trinity Bay area of Newfoundland located on an area of land known as the Southwest Arm, which extends off the Trans Canada Highway on Route 204. It is neighbored by the communities of Butter Cove and Southport. Gooseberry Cove was first settled by inshore fishing families sometime around 1832. The earliest names which were present were Langor, Seward, Balsom and Smith, and many of these family names can be still found in the community today. It became a village in 1940, with a population of 640; by 1956 the population had dropped to 141. The first Postmistress was Delilah Florence Smith. Within the community is the main road which runs right through the community itself, with one small side-road which leads to the fish plant and community wharf. There is another road which circumvents the community and leads to nearby Southport, and though built in the 1980s is still referred to as "The New Road". Many residents have built homes along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
