Port au Port West-Aguathuna-Felix Cove is a small

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located on the

Port au Port Peninsula The Port au Port Peninsula (french: péninsule de Port-au-Port; mic, Kitpu) is a peninsula in the Canada, Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Roughly triangular in shape, it is located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland ...

of the Island of

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. The nearest large service area is Stephenville. The town was created in 1970 by amalgamating the small villages of Port au Port West, Aguathuna and Felix Cove. Its

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began on September 11, 1964. The first Post Mistress was Reisa Gabriel.

Aguathuna

The area grew from workers at the nearby

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

mine site at Jack of Clubs Cove. The

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opened a quarry there in 1911. The quarry's manager, Arthur House, wanted to rename the cove from Jack of Clubs Cove as it would never have been treated with serious respect. The then Archbishop M.F. Howley suggested ''Aguathuna'' believing it to be a

Beothuk The Beothuk ( or ; also spelled Beothuck) were a group of indigenous people who lived on the island of Newfoundland. Beginning around AD 1500, the Beothuk culture formed. This appeared to be the most recent cultural manifestation of peoples w ...

word for ''white stone''. That name was chosen by residents over the other alternative, ''Limeville''.Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Volume Four, (p 386 - 388)

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Port au Port West-Aguathuna-Felix Cove had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Port Au Port West Populated coastal places in Canada Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador

Aguathuna

Demographics

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