Area code 709 is the

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in the

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(NANP) for the entire

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province of

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 ...

History

The first telephone system was installed in Newfoundland in 1885, but domestic long-distance calls within the

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could be placed on a limited basis only in 1921. The first long-distance call from Newfoundland to Canada was made on January 10, 1939, by using a

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link operated by the Canadian Marconi Company in

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. Shortwave radio also carried calls from St. John's to

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. When planning was completed for the

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in 1947, Newfoundland had not yet become of part of the

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. No provisions had been made to include Newfoundland in the continental numbering plan, which later became the North American Numbering Plan. The Newfoundland telephone system was entirely manual, and dial telephones came to St. John's only in 1948. After Newfoundland's Confederation with the Dominion of Canada was enacted in 1949, the first cross-province long-distance call was placed from St. John's to

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in 1949. Newfoundland was added to

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, which already covered the three

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, and which remains in use throughout

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and

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and Newfoundland were split from area code 902 to

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in 1955. In 1962, Labrador was split off and combined with Newfoundland to form a new numbering plan area, with own area code 709. Canadian direct-distance dial locations gradually increased over the next several years, beginning in 1958 with the country's largest cities,

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and Montreal. The area codes served mostly for operator routing purposes until customer dialing of long-distance calls became common in the 1960s. The incumbent local exchange carrier for area code 709 is

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, which is owned by

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, which was formed in 1999 as a result of a merger that included

NewTel Communications NewTel Communications was a telephone and internet service provider in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Originally known as the Avalon Telephone Company, it served the Avalon Peninsula and later became the Newfoundland Telepho ...

(previously Newfoundland Telephone). There had been as many as nine companies in Newfoundland and Labrador until 1951. NewTel acquired the last independent company in 1988. Area code 709 is expected to be exhausted by 2027, when Newfoundland and Labrador will receive an overlay area code, and ten-digit dialling will become necessary in the province. Area code 879 was assigned as the second code for the purpose of that overlay, but the relief has been suspended indefinitely. Area code 709 and three other Canadian area codes, 506, 807, and

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have not been overlaid, still permitting seven-digit dialling. The central office prefix 988 is used in the province, for the community of

Norman's Bay Norman's Bay is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is an isolated community at the head of Norman Bay, an extension of Martin Bay. The population of the community was 15 in th ...

. The

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has recommended using a three-digit code, most likely 9-8-8, for suicide prevention, after the United States has implemented the same code for the

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. Consequently, ten-digit dialling would need to be implemented regardless of the introduction of the overlay.

Service area and central office prefixes

Arnold's Cove Arnold's Cove ( 2016 Population 949) is a town on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division 1 on Placentia Bay. The name is found in population returns of 1836, and may have been ...

: 463, 556 *

Badger Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the family Mustelidae (which also includes the otters, wolverines, martens, minks, polecats, weasels, and ferrets). Badgers are a polyphyletic rather than a natural taxonomic grouping, being united by ...

: 539 * Baie Verte: 297, 529, 532, 554 *

Battle Harbour Battle Harbour ( Inuttitut: ''Putlavak'') is a summer fishing station, formerly a permanent settlement, located on the Labrador coast in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Battle Harbour was for two centuries the economic and s ...

: 972 *

Bay L'Argent Bay L'Argent ( ) is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The ferry MV Marine Trader has a port in Bay L'Argent servicing the isolated outport of Rencontre East with another port in Pool's Cove, on the Connaigre Peninsu ...

: 373, 461 * Bay Roberts: 222, 680, 683, 703, 786, 787, 788, 983 * Beaumont: 264 * Belleoram: 881 * Bellevue: 442, 762 * Bell Island: 488, 849 * Birchy Bay: 659, 761 * Bishop's Falls: 258, 395 * Black Duck Cove: 877 * Black Tickle: 471 * Bonavista: 218, 468, 470, 476, 704 * Botwood: 257, 389 * Boyd's Cove: 259, 656 *

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: 338 * Brent's Cove: 575, 661 * Brig Bay: 247 *

Brigus Brigus is a small fishing community located in Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Brigus was home to Captain Bob Bartlett and the location of his residence Hawthorne Cottage.Canada travel guide. Lonely Planet 14th Edition (2020) ...

: 527, 528 * Brown's Arm: 654 *

Buchans Buchans ( ) is a town located in the central part of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost prov ...

: 672, 719 *

Burgeo Burgeo ( ) is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is located mainly on Grandy Island, on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland. It is an outport community. The town is approximately east of Channel-Port aux ...

: 886 * Burin: 342, 891, 894 * Burlington: 239, 252 *

Burnt Islands The Burnt Islands ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Loisgte) are three small islands that lie in the Kyles of Bute, on the Cowal Peninsula, Argyll and Bute, on the West coast of the Scottish mainland. The islands are located at . Individually the Islands a ...

Isle aux Morts Isle aux Morts (, ) is a small town on the Southwest Coast of the Island of Newfoundland, with a population of 559 (2021). The town is located approximately east from the Marine Atlantic Ferry Terminal in Port aux Basques along Route 470. ...

, Margaree: 698 * Campbellton: 261, 262 *

Cape Broyle The Town of Cape Broyle (population: 499) is an incorporated community located on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. During King William's War, the village was destroyed in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign. Demographics ...

: 432, 756 * Carbonear: 501, 595, 596, 597, 945, 978 *

Carmanville Carmanville is a Canadian community in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. History Carmanville, on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland, was first settled by John Day, from Twillingate, and his family. The Day family trapped otter and f ...

: 291, 534, 858 * Cartwright: 938 * Catalina: 469, 477 * Centreville: 522, 561, 678 * Chance Cove: 460, 768 * Change Islands: 621 * Chapel Arm: 592, 593 * Charlottetown (Bonavista Bay): 664, 667 * Charlottetown (Labrador): 949 * Churchill Falls: 735, 925, 977 *

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 S ...

: 425, 426, 427, 429, 433, 466, 766, 907, 979 *

Clarke's Head Clarke's Head, Newfoundland is the first community on the north side of the mouth of the Gander River. A small community, which joined with several other small communities, to form Gander Bay. History Clarke's Head is located near Gander in Gander ...

: 676, 767 *

Codroy Codroy is a community in the Codroy Valley of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is a village with about 50 inhabitants, with most living in homes along Newfoundland and Labrador Route 406, the main road in town. History The name "Codroy" is ...

: 955 * Come By Chance: 472, 542, 557 * Comfort Cove-Newstead: 244, 246 *

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: 622 * Cook's Harbour: 249 * Coomb's Cove: 887 *

Corner Brook Corner Brook ( 2021 population: 19,333 CA 29,762) is a city located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Corner Brook is the fifth largest settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador. ...

: 216, 289, 388, 412, 612, 619, 630, 632, 634, 637, 638, 639, 640, 660, 785 * Cottrell's Cove: 485, 491 * Cow Head: 243 *

Daniel's Harbour Daniel's Harbour is a community on the west coast of Newfoundland, in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Its population as reported by the 2021 Census was 220 people. It has a reputation as a great place for wild whale sightings. Cli ...

: 898 * Deer Lake: 215, 299, 391, 633, 635, 636 * Degras: 272, 644 * Eastport: 303, 526, 677 * Englee: 866 * English Harbour East: 245, 376 * English Harbour West: 888 * Fair Haven: 878 *

Fermeuse Fermeuse ( ) ( NST) is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 266 in the Canada 2021 Census. The town is located on the eastern portion of the Avalon Peninsula approximately 80 kilometers south ...

: 363, 718 * Flatrock: 437 * Fleur de Lys: 253 * Flower's Cove: 456 * Fogo: 266, 270, 863, 989 *

Forteau Forteau is a town in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 377 as of the Canada 2021 Census. The town is located along Trans-Labrador Highway, Route 510 in Labrador, ...

: 931 * Francois: 842 * French Island: 934 *

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: 213, 226, 227, 230, 286, 980 * Gambo: 524, 564, 674 * Gander: 234, 235, 256, 287, 381, 422, 424, 431, 571, 651 * Garden Cove: 549, 550 * Garnish: 328, 826 *

Gaultois Gaultois is a small settlement in the Coast of Bays area in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Gaultois had a population of 100 people as of 2021. The town has a K-12 school called Victoria Academy (as of 2022-23, there are 4 students enrolled) ...

: 841 * Glenwood: 574, 679 *

Glovertown Glovertown is a town in northeastern Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 7 on Alexander Bay. History Originally, Glovertown was called Bloody Bay. That name dated back to the 18th century and supposedly it refe ...

: 520, 533, 563, 985 *

Grand Bank Grand Bank or 'Grand Banc' as the first French settlers pronounced it, is a small rural town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, with a population of 2,580. It is located on the southern tip or "toe" of the Burin Peninsula (als ...

: 353, 377, 832 *

Grand Bruit Grand Bruit (; means "great noise" in French) is a designated place and former settlement in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on the southwestern coast of the island of Newfoundland. Grand Bruit was resettled in 2010. The ...

: 492 * Grand Falls: 290, 292, 293, 358, 393, 486, 489, 572 * Grandois: 423 * Great Harbour Deep: 843 * Green Island Cove: 475 *

Greenspond Greenspond is a community in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Greenspond is one of the communities that comprise an area called Bonavista North, in Bonavista Bay, on the northeast coast of the Island of Newfoundland. The ...

: 223, 269 *

Grey River Grey River may refer to: *Grey River (New Zealand), a major river in the west of New Zealand's South Island. * Grey River (Victoria), Australia *Grey River, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada * Grey River (Chile) See also * Little Grey River, a ...

: 296 * Griquet: 623 * Hampden: 455 * Hant's Harbour: 586 *

Happy Valley-Goose Bay Happy Valley-Goose Bay (Inuit: ''Vâli'') is a town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Located in the central part of Labrador on the coast of Lake Melville and the Churchill River, Happy Valley-Goose Bay is the largest pop ...

: 217, 220, 414, 896, 897, 899, 929, 982, 998 *

Harbour Breton Harbour Breton is a small fishing community on the Connaigre Peninsula in Fortune Bay, on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland in Canada. It is the largest center on the Connaigre Peninsula and was long considered the unofficial capita ...

: 323, 885 *

Harbour Main Harbour Main, formerly Harbour Main-Whitbourne and Harbour Main-Bell Island, is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to 1975, the district elected two MHAs. Between 1972 and the ye ...

: 229, 231 *

Hare Bay Hare Bay may refer to: * Hare Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Hare Bay ( 2021 Population 925) is a Canadian town on Newfoundland's Route 320 in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is in Division No. 7 on Bonavista Bay. Demographics ...

: 523, 537 * Harry's Harbour: 624 *

Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay ( mi, Te Matau-a-Māui) is a local government region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region's name derives from Hawke Bay, which was named by Captain James Cook in honour of Admiral Edward Hawke. The region i ...

: 248 * Heart's Content: 583, 585 * Heart's Delight: 588, 590 * Hermitage: 880, 883 *

Hickman's Harbour Hickman's Harbour is a village southeast of Clarenville, on Random Island in Trinity Bay. The first Waymaster in 1881 was Joseph Pilley. By 1900, Hickman's Harbour, the site of the best deep-water anchorage on the island, had become the centre of t ...

: 547, 559 * Hillgrade: 628, 827 * Hillview: 434, 546 * Hopedale: 933 * Horwood: 671, 892 *

Humber Arm South Humber Arm South is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 1,537 in the Canada 2021 Census. The Town's Post Office is located in the section of the town referred to as Benoit's Cove. Humber Arm ...

: 789 * Jackson's Arm: 459 * Jamestown: 473 * Jeffrey's: 274, 645, 775 * Joe Batt's Arm: 658 *

King's Cove King's Cove is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The post office was established in 1851. Its founder was James Aylward from Keels, who was born in Ireland in county Cork in 1690. His direct descendants still live in ...

: 447, 448 * King's Point: 268, 481 *

Labrador City Labrador City is a town in western Labrador (part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador), near the Quebec border. With a population of 7,412 as of 2021, it is the second-largest population centre in Labrador, behind Happy Valley-Go ...

- Wabush: 280, 282, 285, 288, 413, 930, 944, 962, 987 * Ladle Cove: 670, 874 * Lamaline: 369, 857 * L'Anse au Loup: 927 * La Poile: 496 * Lark Harbour: 681 * La Scie: 566, 675 *

Leading Tickles Leading Tickles is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2021, the town had a population of 296, down from 407 in the Canada 2006 Census. It is located approximately 25 km Northwest of Point Leamington on the s ...

: 483 *

Lewisporte Lewisporte is a town in central Newfoundland, Canada, with a population of 3,288. It is situated in Burnt Bay which opens on to the Bay of Exploits. Lewisporte has a deep water port and related facilities that serve many communities in the re ...

: 535, 541, 569 * Little Bay: 267 * Little Bay Islands: 626 * Little Harbour: 465 * Little Heart's Ease: 435, 548 * Long Harbour: 228 * Long Pond: 240, 284, 480, 744, 781, 834, 835 *

Lourdes Lourdes (, also , ; oc, Lorda ) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for the Châ ...

: 271, 642 * Lower Island Cove: 584 * Lumsden: 281, 530 *

Main Brook Main Brook is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 246 in the Canada 2021 Census. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Main Brook had a population ...

: 865 * Makkovik: 923 * Mary's Harbour: 921 * Marystown: 276, 277, 279, 332, 357, 567, 909, 981 * McCallum: 846 *

McIvers McIvers is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 575 in the Canada 2021 Census. The town celebrated its Come Home Year in 2017, following a successful Chase the Ace fundraiser the previous yea ...

: 688 * Millertown: 852 * Milltown: 882, 889 * Ming's Bight: 254 * Monkstown: 356 * Monroe: 663 * Moreton's Harbour: 684, 831 *

Mount Carmel Mount Carmel ( he, הַר הַכַּרְמֶל, Har haKarmel; ar, جبل الكرمل, Jabal al-Karmil), also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias ( ar, link=no, جبل مار إلياس, Jabal Mār Ilyās, lit=Mount Saint Elias/ Elijah), is a ...

: 521, 578 *

Musgrave Harbour Musgrave Harbour is a town and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. History Musgrave Harbour is a fishing community that was originally named Muddy Hole. The name was changed in 1886 in honor of Governor Anth ...

: 655 *

Musgravetown Musgravetown (pop: 561 in 2021) an incorporated municipality in the sheltered southwest corner of Bonavista Bay on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Demographics In th ...

: 439, 467 * Nain: 922 *

Natuashish Natuashish is an Innu community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The community is inhabited by the Mushuau Innu First Nation. Natuashish became a federal Indian reserve in 2003. Natuashish (Little Sango Pond) was establi ...

: 478 * New Chelsea: 586, 591 * New Harbour: 580, 582 * Newman's Cove: 445, 446 * Nipper's Harbour: 255 *

: 988 * Norris Arm: 653 * North West River: 497 *

Old Perlican Old Perlican is a fishing village on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. Incorporated in 1971, it is one of the oldest fishing communities in Newfoundland; it served as the major fishing station in Trinity Bay for migra ...

: 587, 620 * Pacquet: 251, 565 * Paradise River: 845 * Pasadena: 394, 686 * Petite Forte: 428 * Pinsent's Arm: 951 * Plate Cove: 544, 545 *

Point Leamington Point Leamington is a town of about 590 people located north of Botwood and Grand Falls-Windsor Grand Falls-Windsor is a town located in the central region of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, with ...

: 484 * Pool's Cove: 665 *

Port Albert Port Albert is a coastal town in Victoria, Australia, on the coast of Corner Inlet on the Yarram - Port Albert Road, south-east of Morwell, south-east of Melbourne, in the Shire of Wellington. At the , Port Albert had a population of 293. ...

: 241 * Port au Port: 278, 648 *

: 694, 695, 696 * Port Blandford: 347, 543 *

Port Hope Simpson Port Hope Simpson is a town located on the southeastern Labrador coast, from the Quebec/Southern Labrador border in Canada. It was founded in 1934 as a company town. With the completion of the Trans-Labrador Highway that crosses the region, th ...

: 960 *

Port Rexton Port Rexton is a small town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is located on the East Coast of the island of Newfoundland at the north end of Robinhood Bay, about 10 minutes east of Trinity and 3 hours north of St. John's ...

: 436, 464, 562 * Port Saunders: 298, 861 *

Portugal Cove Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of t ...

: 242, 560, 773, 895 *

Postville Postville is a village in Allamakee and Clayton counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. It lies near the junction of four counties and at the intersection of U.S. Routes 18 and 52 and Iowa Highway 51, with airport facilities in the neighboring c ...

: 479 *

Pouch Cove Pouch Cove is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The population is 2,063 according to the Canada 2021 Census. It is located on the northeast Avalon Peninsula, 27 kilometres north of St. John's, the province's capital ci ...

: 232, 335 *

Princeton Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nin ...

: 462, 558 *

Raleigh Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeas ...

: 452 * Ramea: 625 * Red Bay: 920 * Reef's Harbour: 847 * Rencontre East: 848 *

Rigolet Rigolet (Inuttitut: ''Tikigâksuagusik'') (population 310) is a remote, coastal Labrador community established in 1735 by French-Canadian trader Louis Fornel. The town is the southernmost officially recognized Inuit community in the world. Locat ...

: 947 * River of Ponds: 225 * Robert's Arm: 650, 652, 869 * Rocky Harbour: 419, 458 * Roddickton: 457, 774 * Rose Blanche: 956 * Rushoon: 374, 443 * Seal Cove (Fortune Bay): 851 * Seal Cove (White Bay): 531 * Seldom: 627 * Smokey: 961 * Sop's Arm: 482 * South Brook: 657, 868 * Springdale: 668, 673, 692, 867, 990 * St. Alban's: 324, 500, 538 * St. Anthony: 212, 449, 450, 454 * St. Brendan's: 669 * St. Bride's: 337, 519 * Stephenville: 214, 283, 641, 643, 649, 721 *

Stephenville Crossing Stephenville Crossing (2021 population: 1,634) is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on the island of Newfoundland at the easternmost limit of Bay St. George.St. George's: 275, 647 * St. John's (including some suburbs): 221, 237, 260, 273, 314, 315, 325, 327, 330, 341, 351, 352, 364, 368, 383, 415, 551, 552, 553, 570, 576, 579, 631, 682, 685, 687, 689, 690, 691, 693, 697, 699, 700, 701, 702, 705, 722, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 733, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 743, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 752, 753, 754, 757, 758, 763, 764, 765, 769, 770, 771, 772, 777, 778, 782, 793, 800, 833, 844, 850, 853, 864, 948, 986, 997, 999 * St. Lawrence: 320, 359, 873 * St. Lewis: 939 * St. Mary's: 295, 525 * Summerford: 629, 723 * Summerside: 783 * Terra Nova: 265 *

Terrenceville Terrenceville is a small town located on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada, south west of Swift Current. History Terrenceville is located on the island of Newfoundland, approximately north of Marystown on Route 211. It was known as H ...

: 375, 662 *

Torbay Torbay is a borough and unitary authority in Devon, south west England. It is governed by Torbay Council and consists of of land, including the resort towns of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham, located on east-facing Tor Bay, part of Lyme ...

: 233, 400, 401, 437, 577 *

Trepassey Trepassey () is a small fishing community located in Trepassey Bay on the south eastern corner of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was in Trepassey Harbour where the flight of the ''Friendship'' took off, with Amelia Earhar ...

: 326, 438, 717 *

Triton Triton commonly refers to: * Triton (mythology), a Greek god * Triton (moon), a satellite of Neptune Triton may also refer to: Biology * Triton cockatoo, a parrot * Triton (gastropod), a group of sea snails * ''Triton'', a synonym of ''Triturus'' ...

: 263, 421, 441 * Trout River: 451 * Twillingate: 304, 884, 893 *

Upper Island Cove Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador is a town (Incorporated on October 19, 1965) in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is located in Division 1, Newfoundland and Labrador census division. It is north east of Bay Roberts. The Way office wa ...

: 573, 589, 594, 720, 910, 984 * Victoria Conception Bay North: 596, 595 * Wesleyville: 348, 536, 540 * Western Bay: 598 * Westport: 224, 236 * Whitbourne: 759, 760 * Wild Cove: 329 *

William's Harbour William's Harbour is a former local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The community was entirely resettled in 2017. The settlement was part of the NunatuKavut territory. History A fish ...

: 924 * Winterton: 583 * Witless Bay: 238, 334, 493 * Woody Point: 453

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