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Division No. 1, Subdivision A is an unorganized subdivision on the
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in
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, Canada. It is in Division No. 1, and lies between Trinity Bay and
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. It contains the unincorporated communities of Arnold's Cove Station, Bellevue, Fair Haven, Goobies, Little Harbour East, Rantem, Thornlea and Trinny Cove.


Arnold's Cove Station

Arnold's Cove Station is a tiny rural community located on
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's
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 situated approximately two kilometers from the town of Arnold's Cove, from which it derived its name. The community was established in the 1890s when
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's
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was constructed through the area, bypassing Arnold's Cove proper. Most of the settlers worked for the Reid Newfoundland Railway and in later years the Canadian National Railway. Members of the
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were stationed in the community during
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.


Bellevue

Bellevue is a small community located in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador. It was known as Tickle Harbour and appeared on early French maps of Trinity Bay. It is unknown exactly when the community was first settled, but a Thomas Lynch was recorded at Tickle Harbour in 1817, and Benjamin Lester, a merchant of Trinity had business operations there in the 1700s. The community name was changed to Bellevue on December 11, 1896. It has a population of about 200 people, 415 including the communities of Thornlea and Bellevue Beach. It has two stores, one of which is a gas bar. The gas bar (Connie's) has cabins for rent on the side, and is close to a community playground. The wharf once hosted many fishing boats but the local fishermen, for the most part, now dock at the larger wharf in nearby Long Cove. This is convenient because there is a fish plant there. Bellevue is about 110 kilometres (sixty-eight miles) away from St. John's. In 1911 it had two stores and a church. The first Postmistress was Margaret Lynch in 1894. It had a population of 140 in 1911 and 285 in 1956. Local legend says that Bellevue got its name from a local priest by the name of Father Browne. He travelled to Tickle Harbour on foot from the railway station at Tickle Harbour crossing. When viewing the community on his way down the hill from what is now the transcanada, he renamed the community Bellevue, meaning; beautiful sight or view. The path down the hill to broad lake was always called Father Browne's road by the older people. Folklore says that at the same time that he renamed the community, he blessed a small brook that he drank from, which was also referred to by the older folk as the blessed brook or Father Brown's well. Bellevue is approximately a ten-minute drive from the neighbouring community of Bellevue Beach (mentioned above). In the years following World War Two, Augustus Whitten (Gus) of St. John's became interested in the area, originally intending to have quiet land for a cottage. Mr Whitten saw business potential as the former highway was paved and passed directly through the area. He sold his store on the South side of St. John's and moved to 'Bellevue Beach,' where he started a local restaurant. As time passed, more families moved to the area and the community gained and lost two stores, a hairdressing shop, built a business of cabins- Fiddler's Green- which is still standing today, and is home to a previously provincial campground. The original restaurant has since also become a club as well as a gas bar and is now being renovated into rooms for rent.


Fair Haven

Fair Haven is a village located southeast of Swift Current. It had a population of 112 in 1951, but the population has been in steady decline since the closure of the fishery in 1993. Fair Haven had 85 people as of the 2011 Canadian Census. The town was known as Famish Gut until the early 1900s.


Goobies

Goobies is a village located northeast of
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. It had a population of 98 in 1956, however its population has grown to 194 according to 2007 census estimate. Its main feature is a large statue of a
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at the ubiquitously province-known Irving gas station just outside the main part of the village. Goobies is an unincorporated community. It is mostly known as a rest stop along the
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, with a selection of gas stations and places to eat. Route 210 descends from Goobies down the
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.


Rantem

Rantem was a small settlement located south east of Swift Current, Newfoundland and Labrador.


Thornlea

Thornlea is a village located west of Bay Roberts in the province of
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, Canada. The population was 99 in 1951; 140 in 1956.


Trinny Cove

Trinny Cove was a settlement located North-west of Long Harbour in
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, Canada. Trinny Cove was first shown in a 1706 French map of
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, it was then named Tinny Cove. It was settled in the early 1800s with the 1835 census showing 12 people living in the community. A Rev. Wix visited the area around this time, mistakenly calling it Tilley Cove. Rev. Wix visited from Great Placentia on a punt of Joseph Dicks', son of Christopher Dicks, a planter, who lived there at the time. At this time many settlers had winter houses in "The Bottom" at Long Harbour. By 1845 the population had grown to its height of 32 people. By 1884 the population had dropped to a low of 6 people. At the start of the 20th Century in 1921 the population had again grown to 23 people in 4 households. The two family names of the community at the time were Thorne and Crann. By 1935 the community had been abandoned, with most people moving to nearby Long Harbour.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Division No. 1, Subdivision A, Newfoundland And Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador subdivisions