The Connaigre Peninsula is a Canadian
peninsula
A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ...
located on the south coast of the island of
Newfoundland
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 ...
in the province of
Newfoundland and Labrador.
is the largest population centre on the peninsula.
The Connaigre Peninsula is triangular shaped, separating
Bay d'Espoir on the western side and
Belle Bay along with
Fortune Bay on the east. The peninsula takes its name from the small fishing community of
Connaigre that was resettled in 1954 under the
Centralization Programme by the Newfoundland government.
[ Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Volume one, page 504]
Route 360 extends the length of the Peninsula starting near
Bishop's Falls and ending at
Harbour Breton.
Route 362 extends from Route 360 to communities such as
Belleoram and
St. Jacques-Coomb's Cove (St. Jacques,
English Harbour West, Mose Ambrose,
Boxey, Coomb's Cove, and
Wreck Cove
Wreck Cove, originally known as Tibbos Hill, is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is located in Fortune Bay, south west of Belleoram. The first postmistress was Olive Sheppard. The community is now a part of the town of St. Jacques-Co ...
).
has road access via the 8.1-kilometre-long (5.0 mi) Pool's Cove Road, connecting the town with Route 362.
extends from Route 360 to communities such as
Hermitage-Sandyville,
Dawson's Cove
Dawson's Cove, also known as Sandyville, is a small settlement, about 2 km away from the small outport community of Hermitage, that is a neighborhood of the town of Hermitage-Sandyville. Located on the southern shore of Newfoundland, Dawson's ...
,
Seal Cove and
Pass Island
Pass Island is a resettled community located on the Southern Shore of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Many remnants from previous settlements are still visible across the ocean separating it from the community of Seal Cove, Fortune Bay. Many o ...
.
A daily ferry service from Hermitage travels to the
isolated outports of
Gaultois and
McCallum.
, another isolated community, is accessible by a
ferry port in
Pool's Cove on the Connaigre Peninsula and travels to
Bay L'Argent
Bay L'Argent ( ) is a town in the Canada, Canadian Provinces of Canada, province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The ferry MV Marine Trader has a port in Bay L'Argent servicing the Newfoundland outport, isolated outport of Rencontre East with anothe ...
on the
Burin Peninsula via Rencontre East.
References
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Peninsulas of Newfoundland and Labrador