Catalina ( ) is a community located on the eastern side of the Bonavista Peninsula, in the province of

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. Catalina adjoins the union town of Port Union, the town built for and home to the

Fisherman's Union Company The Fishermen's Union Trading Company (F.U.T.C.), a limited liability company, was founded in 1911 to be the commercial arm of the Fishermen's Protective Union (FPU).''Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador'', Volume two, page 187 Its mandate, as ...

established by Sir

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. The name of the town is purported by E.S. Seary to derive from the French ''Havre Sainte-Katherine'' which was later changed to the

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name ''Cataluna''.

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, Volume one, page 382 In 2005 Catalina was amalgamated with

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, Melrose and Port Union to form the town of

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Transportation

Highway 230 (Discovery Trail/Cabot Street) and 237 (Church Street) are the main routes to and from Catalina.

References

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