Gin Cove is a village located on the north side of
Smith Sound on the east coast 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 community was first recorded in the 1901 census with a population of 33. Thomas and Louisa (née Butt) Frampton moved to Gin Cove in 1866 from Little Catalina, it is uncertain if they were the first settlers of Gin Cove or not. There were a variety of industries in Gin Cove including fishing, woodcutting and shipbuilding. The population peaked at 45 in 1941 but in the late 1940s people started to move away to find employment, mostly to nearby
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 ...
. The community is now part of the
local service district of Smith Sound.
See also
*
List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
References
* Smallwood, Joseph R. ''Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador'', Newfoundland Book Publishers Ltd., 1967, p. 527
*
Populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
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