Lovell's Province of Newfoundland Directory for 1871 also known as ''Lovell's Newfoundland Directory'' is a collection of work by John Lovell of
Montreal
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to capture the names and business men and other inhabitants in the cities, towns and villages throughout the province of
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 ...
. The directory has become a valuable source for the study of
genealogy
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and early settlers of Newfoundland.
Lovell, a Montreal printer and publisher, produced a 2,562 page ''Lovell's Canadian Dominion Directory'' which ultimately became the genesis for individual provincial supplements. At the time Newfoundland was not a province of Canada, Lovell still named his work as ''Lovell's Province of Newfoundland Directory for 1871''. The directory also included a listing of current newspapers and periodicals as well as railroad and steamship routes.
Each settlement was given a brief description which was followed by the names and principle occupation of heads of houses using the 1869 census population counts. The work is cited in much of the community history of
Joey Smallwood
Joseph Roberts Smallwood (December 24, 1900 – December 17, 1991) was a Newfoundlander and Canadian politician. He was the main force who brought the Dominion of Newfoundland into Canadian Confederation in 1949, becoming the first premier of ...
's ''
Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador
''Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador'' is an encyclopedia commissioned by Joey Smallwood to capture the people, places, events and history of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Smallwood's view on the purpose of the encyclopedia was ...
''. The directory was republished by the Genealogical Research Library of
London, Ontario
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in 1984 with the addition of a community index.
Contents
From page 2 to page 82 it devotes full page spreads to advertisers followed by the preface on page 83. The general index of communities are on page 85 with the next page as 88, pages 86 and 87 are not identified. A miscellaneous index on page 89 lists the locations in the book of such things as, British Ambassadors, Clergy, dominion finances, Dominion departments, customs and tariffs, companies, etc.
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Education in Newfoundland and Labrador
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