Kellys Island is an uninhabited island in
Newfoundland and Labrador
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 ...
,
Canada
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. With a length of approximately 2 km and a width at its widest point of 1.3 km, it is situated in southeastern
Conception Bay
Conception Bay (CB) is a bay on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
The population (in 2011) of people living in municipalities (or unincorporated census subdivisions) located along the coast of Conception Bay was 90,490 making it on ...
.
Tradition has it that Kelly's Island took its name from a seventeenth-century Cornish pirate who used the island as a rendezvous point. The island reported a small population in the first two (1836 and 1845) censuses. Captain Kelly is also said to have buried treasure on the island and local tradition has it that the treasure was located by unknown visitors in 1920.
See also
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Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
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List of islands of Newfoundland and Labrador
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Islands of Newfoundland and Labrador
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