Flower's Cove is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in the Canadian province of

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t ...

. The town had a population of 272 in the Canada 2021 Census. It is known for its

thrombolite Thrombolites (from Ancient Greek θρόμβος ''thrómbos'' meaning " clot" and λῐ́θος ''líthos'' meaning "stone") are clotted accretionary structures formed in shallow water by the trapping, binding, and cementation of sedimentary g ...

fossils.

Geography

;Climate Flower's Cove has a subarctic climate (

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: Dfc) per usual of the

Great Northern Peninsula The Great Northern Peninsula ( Inuttitut: ''Ikkarumiklua'') is the largest and longest peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada, approximately 270 km long and 90 km wide at its widest point and encompassing an area of 17,483 km2. It is def ...

. Summers are short, cool and rainy, while winters are long, very cold, and snowy, with annual snowfall averaging 109 inches (277 cm). Summer typically begins by late June and can last until the end of September. Autumn is short but cool, with highs in the mid-40s (°F) and lows in the mid-30s (°F). Winter usually begins during November, sometimes late October, and can last into May. Springs are cool and relatively dry, and typically start during May and end during June, where summer begins.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by Statistics Canada, Flower's 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.

Sights

Flower's Cove is famous for thrombolites, very rare fossils which can be seen on the coast in the southern part of the town, remnants of bacteria and algae. They are about 650 million years old. The only places where thrombolites were found are Flower's Cove and Western Australia. There are three churches in Flower's Cove, the most famous and largest of which is St. Barnabas Anglican Church. It is known as ''Skin Boot Church'', as leather shoes were sold for the church fund when the church was built in the 1920s. Flower's Cove United Church is the smallest. It has a

flèche Flèche or Fleche may refer to: *Flèche (architecture), a type of church spire *Flèche (cycling), a team cycling competition *Flèche (fencing) The flèche is an aggressive offensive fencing technique used with foil and épée. Background ...

instead of a spire. Marjorie Bridge is a red-roofed bridge dating from the beginning of the 20th century.Andrew Hampstead: Atlantic Canada, p. 379. Berkeley CA 2012. It is close to the Roman Catholic Church ''Lady of Snow'', which is more than 100 years old. The church was renovated in 2007. It is a part of ''Our Lady of Grace'' Parish in Bird Cove, which belongs to the

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of St. George.

Gallery

File:Flower'sCoveGeneralView.jpg, General view of the town File:Flower'sCoveThrombolites.jpg, Thrombolites File:Thrombolites - Flower's Cove, NL.jpg, Thrombolites File:Flower'sCoveSkinBootChurch.jpg, ''St. Barnabas'' Anglican Church File:Flower'sCoveSkinBootChurch2.jpg, ''St. Barnabas'' Anglican Church File:Flower'sCoveUnitedChurch.jpg, United Church File:Flower'sCoveBridge.jpg, Marjorie Bridge File:Flower'sCoveCatholicChurch.jpg, Catholic Church ''Lady of Snow'' File:Flower'sCoveCatholicChurch2.jpg, Catholic Church ''Lady of Snow''

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