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Ship Cove
There are many small communities called Ship Cove; most are in Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the population .... * Ship Cove may refer to Botwood, Newfoundland and Labrador * Ship Cove, a very small Cape Shore farming community on the southwestern Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador * Ship Cove on Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador * Ship Cove on the Great Northern Peninsula near Cape Onion, Newfoundland and Labrador * Ship Cove, a community on the Port au Port Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador * Ship Cove, New Zealand in the Marlborough Sounds of New Zealand {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newfoundland And Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the population of Newfoundland and Labrador was estimated to be 545,579. The island of Newfoundland (and its smaller neighbouring islands) is home to around 94 per cent of the province's population, with more than half residing in the Avalon Peninsula. Labrador has a land border with both the province of Quebec, as well as a short border with the territory of Nunavut on Killiniq Island. The French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon lies about west of the Burin Peninsula. According to the 2016 census, 97.0% of residents reported English as their native language, making Newfoundland and Labrador Canada's most linguistically homogeneous province. Much of the population is descended from English and Irish settlers, with the majority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botwood
Botwood is a town in north-central Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada in Census Division 6. It is positioned on the west shore of the Bay of Exploits on a natural deep-water harbour. Historically, this harbour has been a significant hub for cargo ships and seaplanes. Botwood served as the North American endpoint for the first transatlantic commercial flights. History Early History The region now known as Botwood was part of the territory of the Beothuk people. Botwood holds a significant place in Beothuk history due to Demasduit, also known as Mary March. She was one of the last known Beothuk, captured near Beothuk Lake in 1819. Despite efforts to reunite Demasduit with her people, she contracted tuberculosis and died in Botwood Harbour in January 1820. Permanent European settlement in Botwood began in the mid-to-late 19th century, following earlier European settlement at the mouth of the nearby Exploits River. By the end of the 19th century, the town's economy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Shore
The Cape Shore is a region on the southwestern portion of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland, Canada. Often confused or conflated with the Southern Shore (a rural district with strong Irish-Newfoundland heritage stretching south from St. John's to Trepassey), the Cape Shore is similarly rural and populated by Irish Newfoundlanders, but is geographically distinct. It is named for Cape St. Mary's, the southeastern tip of Placentia Bay, celebrated in the famous Newfoundland ballad '' Let Me Fish Off Cape St. Mary's''. The Cape Shore begins in the Town of Placentia and continues along the eastern shore of Placentia Bay, rounding Cape St. Mary's to include the St. Mary's Bay communities of Point Lance and Branch (because Branch and Point Lance are approximately 40 km away from the next St. Mary's Bay community, North Harbour, but only 16 km from the largest Cape Shore community, St. Bride's, they are included in the Cape Shore despite technically be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell Island (Newfoundland And Labrador)
Bell Island is an island that is part of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, Canada's easternmost province. With an area of , it is by far the largest island in Conception Bay, a large bay in the southeast of the island of Newfoundland. The provincial capital of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's is less than to the east. The coastline of Bell Island consists almost entirely of cliffs that tower up to above the surf and also has several special rock formations. The island is home to four Human settlement, settlements with a total of over 2,000 inhabitants. The vast majority of them live in the main settlement of Wabana, Newfoundland and Labrador, Wabana, which can be reached from Newfoundland via a ferry connection to Portugal Cove. To the south are the hamlets of Lance Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, Lance Cove, Bickfordville and Freshwater, Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Freshwater. From 1895 to 1966, large-scale iron ore mining took place on Bell Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ship Cove, Northern Peninsula, Newfoundland And Labrador
Ship Cove is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador on the northern peninsula of the island of Newfoundland. Geography Ship Cove is in Newfoundland within Subdivision D of Division No. 9. Demographics As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ship Cove recorded a population of 75 living in 39 of its 50 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 88. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. Government Ship Cove, Northern Peninsula is a local service district (LSD) that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. The chair of the LSD committee is Vicki Hedderson. See also *List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador *List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador *List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador The Provinces and territories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
