Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove is a

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and

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in the

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. It is located on the

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, along St. George's Bay, on the

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. The DPL consists of the fishing villages of Abraham's Cove and Piccadilly.

Geography

Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove is in

within Subdivision E of Division No. 4.

Communities

;Abraham's Cove According to the local population, the Abraham's Cove site was first settled in the late 19th century by the Duffey family, of mixed

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and Mi'kmaq ancestry. The population kept livestock and fished for

cod Cod is the common name for the demersal fish genus '' Gadus'', belonging to the family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus ''Gadus'' is commonly not call ...

herring Herring are forage fish, mostly belonging to the family of Clupeidae. Herring often move in large schools around fishing banks and near the coast, found particularly in shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans, i ...

, and

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. With the increasing scarcity of commercial fish, many residents found employment in the nearby Ernest Harmon US AFB in Stephenville, which operated from 1941 to 1966, or at the provincial highways depot. Today, very few local residents still engage in fishing, and many men and women seek seasonal employment elsewhere in the province or in Nova Scotia. ;Piccadilly Piccadilly has its own

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and

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store, which is called Parkview. Its

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is located a kilometre from Parkview. It is a beautiful place for camping, the beach is sandy and a lot of people swim and go clamming on the

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s. It has a great view of the bay and nature trails. Camp sites, water, bathrooms, changing rooms, and electricity are available.https://www.thepacket.ca/news/regional/province-offering-up-47-parks-to-private-owners-26763/ Down the road about one kilometre is Piccadilly Central High School, which is located near a body of water called Piccadilly Bay which end at an old wooden bridge known as "The Big Hole". There is a wharf across from the Colliers, and marine centre, where the fishermen sell

s and fish. There is a church called Our Lady of Fatima where the community gathers on Sundays. In the early 1960s, Piccadilly housed the only theatre west of Stephenville. It was known for showing very old, black and white movies during the winter months while warming its clientele with a wood-burning stove.

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by

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, Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove recorded a population of 372 living in 163 of its 181 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.

Government

Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove is a local service district (LSD) that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. The chair of the LSD committee is Troy Skinner.

Education

Piccadilly Central High School opened its doors to high school students on the

in September 1998. After being an elementary school since 1975.

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