Petty Harbour–Maddox Cove is a town of approximately 950 people located on the eastern shore of the

Avalon Peninsula The Avalon Peninsula () is a large peninsula that makes up the southeast portion of the island of Newfoundland in Canada. It is in size. The peninsula is home to 270,348 people, about 52% of the province's population, according to the 2016 Ca ...

in the province of

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, Canada. It is nestled deep in the heart of Motion Bay about south of St. John's. The present town is approximately 200 years old, though the site has been continuously occupied by Europeans (

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history at the site is tens of thousands of years old) since at least 1598. During

King William's War King William's War (also known as the Second Indian War, Father Baudoin's War, Castin's War, or the First Intercolonial War in French) was the North American theater of the Nine Years' War (1688–1697), also known as the War of the Grand Allian ...

, the village was raided by French forces in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign. Petty Harbour–Maddox Cove is the site of the Petty Harbour Generating Station, the first hydroelectric generating station in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Etymology

The name ''Petty Harbour'' is the anglicized form of the French name , which means 'small harbour'. It was first settled by French colonists.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Petty Harbour–Maddox Cove had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Notable people

Alan Doyle Alan Thomas Doyle (born May 17, 1969) is a Canadian musician and founding member of the Canadian folk rock band Great Big Sea. Life and career Alan Doyle was born and raised in Petty Harbour–Maddox Cove, Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, in a Ro ...

, lead singer of the band

Great Big Sea Great Big Sea was a Canadian folk rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year Irish, Scott ...

* Bren Smith, founder of

GreenWave GreenWave is a North American nonprofit focused on the development of regenerative farming techniques for aquaculture, called "3D ocean farming", to create blue carbon. Their focus is on developing polyculture practices for farming shellfish an ...

* Perry Chafe, Canadian TV writer, producer and bestselling author

References

External links

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Petty Harbour Bait Skiff folk songPetty Harbour-Maddox Cove - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 4, p. 275-277.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove Populated coastal places in Canada Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador Fishing communities in Canada

Etymology

Demographics

Notable people

See also

References

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