Jersey Harbour, also known as Jerseyman's Harbour, is a former small settlement in
Fortune Bay
Fortune Bay () is a fairly large natural bay located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada.Newfoundland,
Canada
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. The Post Office was established in 1895 and the first Postmistress was Mary White. Jersey Harbour is now considered a
ghost town
Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to:
* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
* ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
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The name "Jerseyman's Harbour" has been used interchangeably with Jersey Harbour in various written records. It is theorized that this name referred to fishing merchants from Jersey Island (one of the
Channel Islands
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between
Great Britain
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and
France
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) who originally settled or worked in Newfoundland.