Noggin Cove is a
local service district Local service district may refer to these administrative units in Canada:
* Local service district (New Brunswick)
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and
designated place
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Newfoundland and Labrador
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. It is west of Carmanville on the south side of
Hamilton Sound. It is said to be named after Noggin Island, about 5 km off its eastern point.
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History
It is believed that the first settler in Noggin Cove was named Doyle from Tilting on Fogo Island. He lived on the western side for a few years before returning to Tilting. The 1857 ''Census'' of Newfoundland recorded a population of six, most likely the Doyle family, and they were all Roman Catholic. The next recorded family was Robert and Sarah Wheaton's family of 13, but they moved again in 1874. It was in the late 1870s before permanent settlement began in Noggin Cove. Most settlers came from Ochre Pit Cove, the first being Levi Pennell and Charles White. Other names include Parsons, Gillingham, Angells, Snow, and Whites. By 1884 the population was 46. In 1911 the population was recorded as 112. The main employers for people in Noggin Cove was the Labrador fishery, the cod fishery, summer fishery off the Wadham Islands, and later logging, sawmills and lobster fishing were important.
;Church history
Almost all of the earliest permanent settlers were Methodist and since there was no church in Noggin Cove they went to the nearby community of
Frederickton to attend the Methodist church. There was a school built in the early 20th century which they also used as a chapel. Noggin Cove came under the Carmanville Methodist Circuit in the 20th century.
Geography
Noggin Cove is in
Newfoundland
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within
Subdivision L of
Division No. 8.
Demographics
As a designated place in the
2016 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Noggin Cove recorded a population of 258 living in 100 of its 114 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 262. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Government
Noggin Cove 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 Gerald Gillingham.
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See also
*List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
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Incorporated towns and cities are incorporated municipalities and can be found on List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundl ...
*List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data. It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada Population cen ...
*List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
The Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador has 175 unincorporated communities that are designated as Local service district (Newfoundland and Labrador), local service districts (LSDs) for the purpose o ...
References
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Populated coastal places in Canada
Designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
Local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador