Alexander Bay Station was a Canadian settlement in the province of

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 ...

. The community contained a store as well as a

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and express office in 1911. It was in Bonavista District and was situated on the

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 ...

Branch of the

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. It was located 181 miles from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, 50 miles from Clarenville, west of

Glovertown Glovertown is a town in northeastern Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 7 on Alexander Bay. History Originally, Glovertown was called Bloody Bay. That name dated back to the 18th century and supposedly it refe ...

. The

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began on April 1, 1949, and was closed by September 13, 1966. The bay was previously named Bloody Bay or Bloody Reach, after a conflict between European settlers and the

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, but was later renamed after local merchant William Alexander.

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