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1911 McALPINE GAZETTEER

TOWNS, VILLAGES AND SETTLEMENTS

INTRO     A - B     C - F     G - K     L - N     O - R     S - Z

 

 

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LADLE COVE, (Hamilton Sound), a post, fishing settlement in district of Fogo, nearest telegraph, Seldom-Come-By; port of entry, Fogo; all other connections at or the same as Musgrave Harbor, 5 miles. It is a port of call for Nfld. Produce Co.’s steamers. Pop. 188.

LADY COVE, (Random), a post settlement in Trinity district on the line of the Reid Nfld. Co.’s steamers.

LADY’S ARM, on Labrador coast. Nearest port of call, Snug Harbor.

LA HUNE BAY, See Cape La Hune.

LAKE VIEW, a post settlement in Harbor Main district.

LAKE’S BROOK, a small fishing settlement in Burgeo and LaPoile district; nearest railway station, Port aux Basques; all other connections at or the same as Channel. Pop. 45.

LALLY COVE, a small fishing settlement in Fortune Bay district; all connections at Belleoram, 19 miles; weekly mails by packet from Bay L’Argent. Pop. 95.

LAMALINE, a post, money order, postal, telegraph, port of entry, fishing and farming settlement in Burin district; coastal mail steamer from St. John’s fortnightly, about 226 miles; railway station, Placentia; cod and herring are the principal fish caught, for St. John’s and foreign markets; contains 4 stores, 2 churches; has a lighthouse, fixed white light. Reid Nfld. Co.’s and Boring Bros. steamers make this place a port of call. Pop. 725.

LA MANCHE, a small fishing settlement in Ferryland district; nearest post office, Tor’s Cove, 2 miles; all other connections at or the same as Ferryland, 8 miles. Pop. 42.

LA MANCHE, a post fishing settlement in district of Placentia and St. Mary’s; nearest money order office, Harbor Buffett, 12 miles; La Manche railway station, 2 miles, 29 miles from Placentia Junction on Placentia branch Reid Nfld. railway; port of entry and coastal steamer, Placentia, connected by bay steamer. All other connections at or the same as Harbor Buffett; contains 3 lobster factories; lead and silver mines were formerly worked here. Pop. 50.

LANCE AU BARGES, a post settlement in Placentia and St. Mary’s district.

LANCE COVE (Point Lance), in Placentia and St. Mary’s district. Nearest post town, Placentia.

LANCE COVE, on Labrador coast. Nearest port of call, Pack’s Harbor.

LANCE COVE (Bell Island), a post office and small place on Bell island, Conception Bay, district St. John’s east; all connections at or the same as Bell Island or Topsail.

LANCE COVE, (Smith’s Sound), a post, lumbering, farming and fishing settlement in Trinity district; nearest money order office and coastal steamer, Britannia Cove, 2 miles; mails come by courier from Britannia Cove; winter mails by rail and courier from Shoal Harbor, 14 miles; contains 1 Church of England and school. Pop. 180.

LANCE COVE, a fishing and lumbering settlement in district of Trinity; nearest port of entry, Trinity, 18 miles by water; railway station, Harbor Grace, 30 miles; all other connections at or the same as Old Perlican, 6 miles. Contains 1 store, 1 church and school house. Pop. 160.

LANCE COVE, a small fishing settlement in district of Trinity; nearest railway station and other connections same as Bonavista, 4 miles. Pop. 50.

LANCE COVE, (Conception Bay), a farming and fishing settlement in Harbor Main district; all connections at or the same as Kelligrews. Pop. 55.

LANCE COVE (Hermitage Bay), a small fishing settlement in district of Burgeo and LaPoile; all connections at or the same as Rencontre, 5 miles, or Harbor Briton. Pop. 55.

LANCE COVE, a settlement in Bonavista district, between Elliston and Bonavista Cape.

LANCE COVE SOUTH, in Trinity Bay district. See Brownsdale.

LANGE-de-NERF, a fishing settlement in Fortune Bay district; nearest post office, Fox Cove, connected by row boat; port of entry, St. Jacques; all other connections at or the same as Bay L’Argent, 5 miles. Pop. 50.

LANGDOWN COVE, in Twillingate district; nearest post town, King’s Point, Jackson’s Cove.

LA PLANTE, a fishing settlement in Burgeo and LaPoile district. All connections at or the same as Little Harbor, LaPoile. Pop. 45.

LAPOILE, a post and money order village and settlement in Burgeo and LaPoile district, 30 miles from Channel or Port aux Basques. Contains customs, express, Anglo-American telegraph office, 1 store, 1 church and lighthouse. Reid Nfld. Co.’s steamers call here from St. John’s, 400 miles. Pop. 170.

LAPOILE, Great Harbor, a post settlement in Burgeo and LaPoile district.

L’ANSE-A-BARK, a small fishing settlement in Burin district; all connections at or the same as Lawn, or St. Lawrence. Pop. 30.

L’ANSE AU CLAIR, ON Strait of Bell Isle; nearest port of call, Blanc Sablon.

L’ANSE AU COTTAR, on Strait of Belle Isle; nearest pot of call, Blanc Sablon.

L’ANSE AU DIABLE, (Jibble), on the Strait of Belle Isle; nearest port of call, L’Anse au Loup.

L’ANSE AU LOUP, a fishing settlement on the Labrador coast; mail steamers with mails call here 7 times, more or less, during summer, according to state of ice. Pop. 50.

L’ANSE AU MAREE or L’ANSE MARIA, in St. Barbe district; nearest post town, Griquet.

L’ANSE AU MEDEE or L’ANSE AU MEADOW, in St. Barbe district; nearest port of call, Griquet.

L’ANSE AU MORTS, on Strait of Belle Isle; nearest port of call, L’Anse au Loup.

L’ANSE L’EAU, in Burin district. Nearest post town, Burin.

L’ARGENT’S COVE, in Fogo district; nearest post town, Fogo.

LARK HARBOR, a post and money order office in St. George district, 20 miles from Curling, a station on the Reid Nfld. railway. Contains customs, express and postal telegraph offices, 2 stores, 1 church; is a port of call for Reid Nfld. Co.’s steamers. Pop. 200.

LA SCIE, a post, money order office, fishing and farming settlement in St. Barbe district, 18 miles from Tilt Cove; connected by courier. Contains 1 store, 1 hall, 2 churches, customs and postal telegraph; a port of call for Bowring Bros. steamers. Pop. 270.

LAUNDER’S COVE, in Bonavista district, this place is a part of Sweet Bay, situated on the west side of arm of same name. Pop. 20.

LAWRENCETOWN, formerly Kite Cove ((Exploits River), a post and money order office, a fishing, farming and lumbering settlement in Twillingate district, 7 miles from Botwood, which is the nearest telegraph office; nearest railway station, Norris Arm; coastal steamers call here when going to and from Botwood; has Methodist church. Pop. 100.

LAWN, (or L’Aune), a post, money order office, fishing settlement in Burin district, 9 miles from St. Lawrence; contains 2 stores, 1 church, customs express and postal telegraph office; a port of call for reid Nfld. Co.’s steamers. Pop. 220.

LEAD COVE, a post settlement in Trinity Bay, Trinity district, near Heart’s Content.

LEADING TICKLES, a post and money order office in Twillingate district, a fishing settlement in Notre Dame Bay. Reid Nfld. Co.’s and Bowring Bros. steamers make this a port of call; the nearest railway station is Lewisporte. Pop. 200.

LEADING TICKLES (West), a post and money order office in Twillingate district.

LEAR’S COVE, a post settlement in Placentia and St. Mary’s district.

LEE BIGHT, (Random Sound), a post and lumbering settlement in district of Trinity, 3 miles from Northern Bight; port of entry, Trinity; all other connections at or the same as Clarenville, 5 miles; contains 2 stores. Pop. 100.

LESTER’S POINT, on Labrador coast; nearest port of call, Rigolet.

LEWIS BAY, on Strait of Belle Isle; nearest port of call, Battle Harbor.

LEWISPORTE, (formerly Burnt Bay), a post, money order office, port of entry, fishing and farming village in Twillingate district. A station on the Reid Nfld. railway, 250 miles from St. John’s; also a terminal port of call for coastal bay steamers. Nearest banks, Grand Falls and Twillingate. Contains 3 stores, 1 hotel, Nfld. express, postal telegraph, Methodist church and Salvation Army. Large shipments of lumber are made from this place. Pop. 350.

LEWISPORTE (Branch), a post settlement in Twillingate district.

LEWISPORTE SOUTH, a post settlement in Twillingate district.

LION’S DEN, in Bonavista district; nearest post town, Salvage.

LION’S DEN, (Fogo Island), a small fishing settlement, district of Fogo; all connections at or the same as Fogo, 3 miles. Pop. 35.

LITTLE BARROW, in Fortune Bay district; nearest post town, Belleoram, Bay L’Argent.

LITTLE BAY, a fishing settlement in Burin district; nearest post office, Beau Bois, 2½ miles; railway station, Placentia, 42 miles; bank, St. John’s; everything else about the same as Burin. Contains school house; shell fish, viz. scallops, mussels and cove oysters are plentiful. Pop. 175.

LITTLE BAY (Hermitage Bay), a post and fishing settlement in Fortune Bay district; all connections at or the same as Gaultois. Pop. 45.

LITTLE BAY, a post and money order office in Twillingate district. Contains customs, express, postal telegraph, Catholic and Methodist church. Bowring Bros. and Reid Nfld. steamers call.

LITTLE BAY or BAIE VERTE, in St. Barbe district; nearest post town, Baie Verte, N. Coast.

LITTLE BAY EAST, a post and money order, a fishing settlement in Fortune Bay district; nearest telegraph, Long Harbor; all other connections at Bay L’Argent; connected by packet with Belleoram for coastal steamer; has Congregationalist church. Pop. 146.

LITTLE BAY ISLANDS, a post and money order office in Twillingate district. Contains express, and Salvation Army. Bowring Bros. and Reid Nfld. steamers make this a port of call.

LITTLE BAY WEST, a post settlement in Fortune Bay district, near Harbor Briton.

LITTLE BEAVER COVE, a post settlement in Fogo district.

LITTLE BELL ISLE, in Harbor Main district; nearest post town, Manuels.

LITTLE BURNT BAY, a post settlement, connected with Lewisporte, in Twillingate district. Pop. 20.

LITTLE CATALINA, a post settlement in Trinity district, near Catalina.

LITTLE CODROY RIVER, in St. George district. See Codroy.

LITTLE CHANCE HARBOR, in Twillingate district, near Moreton’s Harbor.

LITTLE COLINET ISLAND, in Placentia and St. Mary’s district. See Colinet Island.

LITTLE CONEY ARM or COVE, a settlement in district of St. Barbe, (White Bay); nearest post office, Jackson’s Arm, 7 miles where mail steamer calls; nearest railway, Grand Pond, 48 miles. All other connections at or the same as Englee. Pop. 30.

LITTLE DENIER, in Bonavista district; nearest post town, Salvage.

LITTLE FISHERIES, on Labrador Coast; nearest port of call, Salmon River.

LITTLE FOGO ISLANDS, a post and fishing settlement in Fogo district. All connections at or the same as Fogo, 4 miles. Pop. 80.

LITTLE FRENCH BEACH, in Twillingate district; nearest post town, Twillingate.

LITTLE HARBOR, on Labrador Coast; nearest port of call, Spear Harbor.

LITTLE HARBOR, a farming and fishing settlement in Trinity district, near Clarenville station; all connections same as Pope’s Harbor. Pop. 48.

LITTLE HARBOR, in Bonavista district; nearest post town, Salvage.

LITTLE HARBOR, in Burgeo and LaPoile district; nearest post town, LaPoile.

LITTLE HARBOR, in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; nearest post town, Oderin.

LITTLE HARBOR, in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; nearest post town, Harbor Buffett.

LITTLE HARBOR, (Twillingate), a post settlement in Twillingate district.

LITTLE HARBOR, G.W. Bay, on Labrador Coast; nearest port of call, Indian Harbor.

LITTLE HARBOR and BATTEAU COVE, in St. George district; nearest post town, Bay of Islands.

LITTLE HARBOR DEEP, a fishing settlement in St. Barbe district, north side, White Bay. Pop. 20.

LITTLE HARBOR (East), a post and fishing settlement in district of Placentia and St. Mary’s; all connections at or the same as La Manche; contains 3 lobster factories, 1 church and school. Pop. 50.

LITTLE HARBOR WEST, (Bay de L’Eau), a fishing settlement in Fortune Bay district; all connections at or the same as Harbor Briton; contains 1 store. Pop. 40.

LITTLE HEART’S EASE, in Trinity district; nearest post town, Northern Bight.

LITTLE HOLTON, on Labrador Coast, is a port of call.

LITTLE MERASHEEN, in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; nearest post town, Placentia.

LITTLE MORTIER, a small fishing settlement in Burin district; all connections at or the same as Burin. Pop. 95.

LITTLE NORTHERN HARBOR, in Twillingate district; nearest post town, Exploits.

LITTLE PARADISE, a fishing settlement in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; nearest post town, Paradise, Placentia Bay. Pop. 90.

LITTLE PASSAGE, in Fortune Bay district; nearest post town, Gaultois.

LITTLE PLACENTIA, a post, fishing and boat building settlement in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; mails daily by rail and courier. All other connections at or the same as Placentia, 5 miles. Contains 1 store, 1 church. Pop. 400.

LITTLE PORT, a settlement in St. George district; nearest post office, Lark Harbor.

LITTLE REACH, a fishing settlement in Fortune Bay district; nearest post and money order office, Belleoram; port of entry and telegraph, St. Jacques; cod, herring and lobsters are plentiful; express and banks, St. John’s, 283 miles. Pop. 35.

LITTLE RIDGE, in Trinity district. Nearest post town, Dildo.

LITTLE RIVER, in district of Burgeo and LaPoile. See Grey River.

LITTLE RIVER, in Fortune Bay district; nearest post town, Gaultois.

LITTLE RIVER, (Codroy North and South), a post and money order village in St. George district, a station on Reid Nfld. railway, 19 miles from Port aux Basques. Contains 4 stores, 2 saw mills, 2 hotels, Catholic church, postal, telegraph, express and customs offices; this is a great place for tourists; salmon and trout fishing unexcelled; good drives, roads leading to Grand River, Codroy and all round the Codroy Valley. Pop. 350.

LITTLE ST. JOSEPH’S, in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; all connections at or the same as Oderin.

LITTLE ST. LAWRENCE, a fishing settlement in Burin district; good safe harbor; all connections at or the same as St. Lawrence. Pop. 50.

LITTLE SELDOM-COME-BY, a fishing settlement in Fogo district; all connections at or the same as Seldom-Come-By. Pop. 90.

LITTLE SPRINGS, in St. Barbe district; nearest post town, Conche, St. Julian’s.

LITTLE WARD’S HARBOR, a post settlement in Twillingate district; nearest post town, Little Bay Islands, Notre Dame Bay.

LIVERPOOL COVE, in St. George district; nearest post town, Bay of Islands.

LOBSTER COVE, a fishing settlement in Fortune Bay district; nearest post town, Anderson’s Cove; money order , Belleoram; telegraph and port of entry, St. Jacques; all other connections at or the same as Belleoram; cod, lobster and herring are plentiful here. Pop. 20.

LOBSTER COVE, a fishing settlement in St. Barbe district; nearest railway station, Bay of Islands, 80 miles; telegraph and port of entry, Bonne Bay. Pop. 26

LOBSTER HARBOR, a fishing settlement in St. Barbe district, this is a fishing station in summer only; nearest post town, Coachman’s Cove.

LOCK’S COVE, in Burgeo and LaPoile district; nearest post town, Rencontre.

LOCK’S COVE, a post and fishing settlement in district of Fogo; all connections at or the same as Fogo. Pop. 20.

LOCK’S COVE, in St. Barbe district; nearest post town, St. Anthony.

LOCK’S HARBOR, in Twillingate district; nearest post town, Leading Tickles.

LOCKSTON, formerly Northwest Arm, Trinity district.

LODGES, in Trinity district; nearest post town, Dildo.

LOG CABIN, a station on Reid Nfld. railway, in St. George district; a great tourist centre, one of the best in the Colony. Fishing and caribou hunting being the best found anywhere; a first class hotel is situated here for the accommodation of tourists. Pop. 10, besides staff at hotel which when running numbers about 50.

LOGY BAY, a fishing settlement in St. John’s east district; nearest post office, King’s Bridge; all other connections at St. John’s city, 5 miles. Pop. 315.

LONG BEACH, in Placentia and St. Mary’s district.

LONG BEACH, (Trepassey), a post settlement in Placentia and St. Mary’s district.

LONG BEACH, in Trinity district; nearest post town, Northern Bight.

LONG BEACH POND, a small fishing settlement in district of Port de Grave; nearest post office and all other connections at Bay Roberts. Pop. 125.

LONG COVE, in Trinity district; nearest post town, Dildo.

LONG COVE, a small place in Bay St. George district; all connections at or the same as Bay of Islands, Curling.

LONG COVE, (Random Sound), a fishing settlement 15 miles from Northern Bight station, 30 miles from Clarenville, in Trinity district; has Methodist church. Pop. 35.

LONG COVE, (Clode Sound), in Bonavista district; nearest post town, Port Blandford.

LONG HARBOR, in Trinity district; nearest post town, Britannia Cove.

LONG HARBOR, a post settlement,.fishing and farming the principal industries, in Placentia and St. Mary’s district, a station 14 miles from Whitbourne, 7 miles from Placentia Junction. Contains telegraph, express, 2 stores, 1 church. Pop. 140.

LONG HARBOR, a postal telegraph station and fishing settlement in Fortune Bay district; nearest post office, Anderson’s Cove; port of entry, St. Jacques; all other connections at or the same as Belleoram, connected by packet; mails weekly from Bay L’Argent. Pop. 15.

LONG HARBOR, a post, fishing and farming settlement in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; nearest money order office, Harbor Buffett; port of entry, Placentia, 12 miles; telegraph and railway station, 3¼ miles, of same name; coastal steamer calls at Ram’s Island, 8 miles distant; winter mails from St. John’s weekly, by rail and courier; contains 2 stores, 1 church. Pop. 140.

LONG ISLAND, in Twillingate district; nearest post town, Pelley’s Island.

LONG ISLAND, a settlement in Placentia Bay, district of Placentia and St. Mary’s. Contains Methodist church. Reid Nfld. Co.’s steamers make this place a port of call; nearest post town, Placentia.

LONG ISLAND, on Labrador coast, is a port of call.

LONG POINT, in Twillingate district; nearest post town, Twillingate.

LONG POINT, on Strait of Belle Isle; nearest port of call, Blanc Sablon.

LONG POINT, Port au Port, a settlement in St. George district; nearest post town, Stephenville Crossing.

LONG POND, (Conception Bay), a post, farming and fishing settlement in Harbor Main district; nearest telegraph and railway station, Manuels; all other connections at or the same as St. John’s, 15 miles. Pop. 535.

LONG TICKLE, a settlement in Twillingate district; nearest post town, Little Bay Islands.

LOO BAY, in St. Barbe district; nearest post town, Griquet.

LOO COVE, a post settlement in twillingate district, near Dulcie Manuel (??).

LOON BAY, a post and money order office in Twillingate district, 20 miles from Lewisporte, a station on the Reid Nfld. railway. Contains 1 store, 2 saw mills and 1 church. Pop. 50.

LOON COVE, in Bonavista district; nearest post town, Greenspond.

LOON’S COVE, in Burin district; nearest post town, St. Lawrence.

LORD’S ARM, on Labrador coast; nearest port of call, Long Tickle.

LORD’S COVE, a post and fishing settlement in Burin district; all connections at or the same as Lamaline, 8 miles. Reid Nfld. Co.’s steamers call here. Pop. 120.

LORIES, a small fishing settlement in Burin district; all connections at or the same as Lamaline, 8 miles. Pop. 94.

LOW POINT, a post, fishing and farming settlement in Bay de Verde district. Connections same as Capelin Cove. Pop. 97.

LOWER AMHERST COVE, a settlement in Bonavista district, 7 miles from Bonavista; nearest post office, Newman’s Cove, 1 mile. Pop. 15.

LOWER BACON COVE, in Harbor Main district; nearest post town, Conception Harbor, Avondale.

LOWER BURGEO, (or Grandy’s Cove), district of Burgeo and LaPoile. See Burgeo for all connections.

LOWER COVE, a settlement in St. George district; nearest post town, Stephenville Crossing.

LOWER COVE (Clode Sound), in Bonavista district; nearest post town, Port Blandford.

LOWER DARK COVE, in Bonavista district; nearest post town, Gambo.

LOWER ENGLISH HARBOR, a post settlement in Fortune Bay district.

LOWER GULLIES, in Harbor Main district; nearest post town, Kelligrews.

LOWER HARBOR, (Exploits, Burnt Island), Notre Dame Bay.

LOWER ISLAND COVE, a post office, telegraph and money order office, in Bay de Verde district; a fishing, farming and mining settlement; nearest port of entry, Western Bay; railway station, Carbonear, 24 miles; coastal steamer connection at Old Perlican, 6 miles; daily mails; contains 3 stores, 1 Methodist church, 1 school house and public hall. Pop. 810.

LOWER ROCKY BROOK, in Trinity district; nearest post town, Britannia Cove.

LOWER SHOAL HARBOR, in Trinity district. All connections at Clarenville. Contains 1 school.

LOWER SMALL POINT, in Bay de Verde district; nearest post town, Carbonear.

LOWLAND COVE, in Twillingate district; nearest post town, Twillingate.

LUKE’S ARM, (New World Island), a fishing settlement in Twillingate district; all connections at or the same as Moreton’s Harbor, or Twillingate. Contains Salvation Army barracks. Pop. 50.

LUMBERGRASSE, a post settlement in Placentia and St. Mary’s district.

LUNAIRE BAY, in St. Barbe district; nearest post town, Griquet.

LUSH’S BIGHT, a post settlement in Twillingate district. Reid Nfld. Co.’s steamers call here.

 

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McCALLUM BAY, a post settlement in Fortune Bay district, a port of call for coastal steamers.

MACCLE’S, a station on Clarenville branch Reid Nfld. railway, 25 miles from Port Blandford.

McIVER’S COVE, a post office and fishing settlement in Bay St. George district; all connections at or the same as Bay of Islands, Curling. Pop. 100.

MACK’S ISLAND, in Twillingate district; nearest post town, Little Bay Islands.

MACOVICK, on Labrador coast; nearest port of call, Muscovick.

MADDOX COVE, a fishing settlement in St. John’s west district; nearest way office, Petty Harbor; post office and all other connections, St. John’s, 10 miles; contains 1 church. Pop. 120.

MAGGOTY COVE, in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; all connections at or the same as Sound Island.

MAGGOTY COVE, South Side Trinity Bay, in Trinity district, near Britannia Cove. Contains a whale oil factory.

MAHER’S, a station 45 miles from St. John’s, 3 miles from Brigus Junction, on Reid Nfld. railway.

MAHONEY’S COVE, in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; nearest post town, Valen Island.

MAIDEN’S ARM, in St. Barbe district; nearest post town, St. Anthony.

MAINLAND, (Gut River), in district of St. George.

MAIN RIVER, a post settlement in St. George district.

MALL BAY, (St. Mary’s Bay), a post, fishing settlement in district of Placentia and St. Mary’s; post office and all other connections at or the same as St. Mary’s, 4 miles. Pop. 90.

MALL BAY, in St. Barbe district; nearest post town, Bonne Bay.

MAN o’ WAR COVE, in St. George district, near Port au Port, Stephenville Crossing.

MAN POINT, (Gander Bay), a post settlement in Fogo district. Steamers call here.

MANNOCK’S ISLAND, on Labrador coast; nearest port of call, Muscovick.

MANSFIELD BIGHT, in Twillingate district; nearest post town, Tilt Cove.

MANUELS, (Conception Bay), a post, telegraph office, railway station and fishing settlement in Harbor Main district, 16 miles from St. John’s; all connections at St. John’s; daily mail by train. Pop. 140.

MARCHE’S POINT, a post settlement in St. George district, near Port au Port, Stephenville Crossing.

MARGAREE, a small fishing settlement in Burgeo and LaPoile district; all connections at or the same as Channel, 4 miles. Pop. 50.

MARK’S HARBOR, on Labrador coast; nearest port of call, Smoky Tickle.

MARQUISE, a post fishing and farming settlement in district of Placentia and St. Mary’s; all connections at or the same as Placentia, 3 miles. Pop. 100.

MARSHALL’S FOLLY, a small settlement in Bay de Verde district; all connections at or the same as Carbonear, 7 miles. Pop. 32.

MARSHALLVILLE, in Twillingate district; nearest post town, Lewisporte.

MARTICOT, in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; nearest post town, Paradise Placentia Bay.

MARTIN’S POINT, a fishing settlement I St. Barbe district; nearest railway station, Bay of Islands, 59 miles; all other connections at or the same as Bonne Bay, 17 miles. Pop. 10.

MARYSTOWN, a post and money order office in Burin district, 18 miles from Burin. Reid Nfld. Co.’s and Bowring Bros. steamers make calls here.

MASON’S COVE, a fishing settlement in Twillingate district, near Lewisporte station. Pop. 20.

MATHIAS COVE, on Strait of Belle Isle; nearest port of call, Battle Harbor.

MAUVE BAY, in St. Barbe district; nearest post town, Griquet.

MAY POND, (Point May), in Burin district; nearest post town, Lamaline.

MEADOWS, a post office and fishing settlement included in Summerside district, of Bay of Islands; all connections at or the same as Bay of Islands, Curling. Pop. 120.

MECKLENBURG, on Labrador coast; nearest port of call, Spear Harbor.

MELROSE, a fishing settlement in district of Trinity; nearest railway station, Shoal Harbor; post, money order, telegraph, preventive station, port of entry, coastal steamer, Catalina, 5 miles. Pop. 221.

MENCHIN COVE, (Newman’s Sound), in Bonavista district; nearest post town, Salvage.

MERASHEEN, an island and post fishing and boat building settlement in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; nearest money order office, Harbor Buffett; bay steamer connection at Valen; weekly mails by packet from Placentia; all other connections at or the same as Placentia; contains 3 stores, 2 schools, 2 churches. Reid Nfld. steamers call here. Pop. 275.

MERASHEEN LITTLE, in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; all connections at or the same as Merasheen.

MERCER’S COVE, a small settlement in district of Burgeo and LaPoile. All connections at Burgeo.

MERCER’S COVE, a post, fishing settlement in district of Harbor Main; all connections at or the same as Bay Roberts.

MERCHANT’S COVE, in Fortune Bay district; all connections at or the same as Harbor Breton. Pop. 8.

MERCHANTMAN’S HARBOR, on Labrador coast; nearest port of call, Francis Harbor.

MERRITT’S HARBOR, a fishing settlement in Twillingate district; all connections at or the same as Herring Neck. Contains 1 school. Pop. 50.

MERRY HARBOR, (Ragged Islands), a small fishing settlement in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; all connections at or the same as Tack’s Beach. Pop. 15.

MESSERVEY’S COVE, in St. George district; nearest post town, Port au Port, Stephenville Crossing.

MICHAEL’S HARBOR, in Twillingate district, a fishing settlement near Lewisporte station. Pop. 20.

MICK’S COVE, a small settlement in Burin district; all connections at or the same as Lamaline, 10 miles. Pop. 25.

MIDDLE ARM, in Bonavista district; nearest post town, Glovertown.

MIDDLE ARM, Bay of Islands, a post office, fishing and lumbering settlement in St. George district; all connections at or the same as Bay of Islands, Curling. Pop. 100.

MIDDLE ARM, (Green Bay), in Bonavista district; nearest post town, King’s Port.

MIDDLE ARM, South Side, White Bay, a post settlement in St. Barbe district. Contains 1 saw mill; 50 miles from Howley’s Station. Bowring Bros. mail steamers calls at Seal Cove, 4 miles.

MIDDLE ARM, (Three Arms), in Twillingate district; nearest port town, Little Bay.

MIDDLE ARM, (Rocky Bay), in Fogo district; nearest post town, Gander Bay.

MIDDLE BARACHOIS, a fishing settlement in St. George district; nearest post office and all other connections at or the same as Robinson’s Head. Pop. 70.

MIDDLE BAY, on Strait of Belle Isle; nearest port of call, Salmon River.

MIDDLE BIGHT, Harbor Main district. See Codner.

MIDDLE BILL COVE, in Bonavista district; nearest post town, Wesleyville.

MIDDLE BROOK, a post settlement in Bonavista district, near Gambo.

MIDDLE COVE, a fishing and farming settlement in St. John’s east district; nearest post office, King’s Bridge; all other connections at or the same as St. John’s, 5 miles. Pop. 120.

MIDDLE COVE, in Bonavista district, near Bonavista.

MIDDLE DRAKE, a settlement in Trinity district; all connections, Trinity East. Pop. 10.

MIDDLE LANCE COVE, (Smith’s Sound), a farming, fishing and lumbering settlement in Trinity district; nearest money order office, Britannia Cove; railway station, Clarenville. Pop. 69.

MILKBOY COVE, in Twillingate district; nearest post town, Little Bay Islands.

MILL ISLAND, in Twillingate district; nearest post town, Springdale, Hall’s Bay.

MILLER’S PASSAGE, (Bay de L’Eau), a post and fishing settlement in Fortune Bay district; all connections at or the same as Harbor Briton, 7 miles; contains 2 stores, 1 church; a port of call for Nfld. Produce Co.’s steamers. Pop. 95.

MILLER’S TOWN, in St. John’s east district; nearest post town, King’s Bridge.

MILLERTOWN, a post and money order office in Twillingate district, 4 miles from Millertown Junction on Reid Nfld. railway. Contains 1 Methodist church and Salvation Army. Anglo-Newfoundland Development Co. have a station here.

MILLERTOWN JUNCTION, A POST AND MONEY ORDER OFFICE IN Twillingate district. A station and junction on Reid Nfld. railway, 42 miles from Bishop’s Falls and 34 miles from Grand Falls. Contains telegraph and express office.

MILLER’S COVE, in St. Barbe district; nearest post town, Conche.

MILLTOWN, (Bay d’Espoir), a post settlement in Fortune Bay district.

MILLVILLE, a post settlement in Bay St. George district; all connections at or the same as Searston. Contains carding mill.

MILTON, formerly King’s Cove, in Trinity district; nearest money order office and other connections, Shoal Harbor. Pop. 33.

MING’S BIGHT, in the district of St. Barbe; nearest post town, Baie Verte.

MINT BROOK, in Bonavista district; nearest post town, Gambo.

MISTAKEN COVE, in St. Barbe district; nearest post town, Flower’s Cove.

MOBILE, a post and money order, fishing settlement in Ferryland district; nearest port of entry, Bay Bulls, 5 miles; railway station, St. John’s, 24 miles; it is 2½ miles from Witless Bay; coastal boat calls at Cape Broyle, 16 miles; contains 1 church and Anglo-American telegraph. Pop. 180.

MOLLIER’S, in Burin district; nearest post town, Grand Bank.

MONKSTOWN, a post settlement in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; nearest post town, Placentia.

MONT COVE, on Castor’s River, in St. Barbe district; nearest post town, Bonne Bay.

MONTGOMERY, in St. Barbe district; nearest post town, Channel.

MOONEY’S COVE, a small fishing settlement in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; nearest post office, Harbor Buffett; all other connections at or the same as Placentia, 8 miles. Pop. 8.

MOORE’S COVE, in Twillingate district; nearest post town, Fortune Harbor.

MORETON’S HARBOR, a post and money order office, a telegraph station, fishing, farming, mining and lumbering settlement in Twillingate district; nearest port of entry and banks, Twillingate, 7 miles; railway station, Lewisporte, 30 miles. Bowring Bros. and reid Nfld. steamers call during summer with mails, in winter mails by rail and courier. Contains 4 stores, 2 churches, Methodist and Salvation Army, 1 hotel, schools and hall. Pop. 500.

MORGAN HARBOR, on Labrador coast; nearest port of call, Little Harbor.

MORGAN’S ISLAND, district of Burgeo and LaPoile. See Burgeo for all connections.

MORTIER BAY, a post and fishing settlement in Burin district; nearest money order, Marystown; telegraph and port of entry, Burin, 11 miles; railway station, Placentia, 45 miles. Contains 3 stores, 2 boarding houses, 3 churches; good harbor, entirely landlocked; plenty wood and water; all other connections at or the same as Burin. Pop. 890.

MORTIER LITTLE, (in Mortier Bay), a fishing and farming settlement in Burin district; nearest post office, Beau Bois, 7 miles; money order office and telegraph, Burin; railway station, Placentia, 47 miles; has good harbor and the entrance is good to same; bank, St. John’s; express, Burin; contains 1 store, 1 church. Pop. 95.

MORTS, (Deadman’s Bay), in Burgeo and LaPoile district; nearest post town, Channel.

MOSE AMBROSE, a post settlement in Fortune Bay district. Contains 2 stores, Church of England and school; nearest telegraph, English Harbor West; all other connections, St. Jacques. Pop. 96.

MOSQUITO, on Labrador coast; nearest port of call, Spear Harbor.

MOSQUITO (Conception Bay), a post, farming and fishing settlement in Carbonear district; a flag station on Nfld. railway, 4 miles from Carbonear where its nearest connections are. Daily mail; contains 2 churches and schools. Pop. 260.

MOSQUITO COVE (Conception Bay). See Bristol’s Hope.

MOSQUITO HARBOR, in Burgeo and LaPoile district; nearest post office, Ramea; all other connections at or the same as Burgeo.

MOSQUITO and MUDDY HARBOR, (Hermitage Bay), a fishing settlement in Burgeo and LaPoile district; nearest telegraph, Bay du Nord; all other connections at or the same as Pushthrough, 5 miles. Pop. 35.

MOTHER HICKS, Colinet Island, St. Mary’s Bay, district of Placentia and St. Mary’s; nearest post office and all other connections at or the same as St. Mary’s, 6 miles. Pop. 65.

MOTHER LAKE BAY, in Burgeo and LaPoile district; nearest post town, Channel.

MOUNT PEARL, a railway station, 4 miles from St. John’s on Reid Nfld. railway.

MOUSY, on Labrador coast; nearest port of call, Long Tickle.

MUD COVE, a fishing settlement in Burin district; all connections at or the same as Burin. Contains 1 store. Pop. 100.

MUDDY BROOK, in Trinity district; this is a small fishing settlement 2 miles west of Elliston and included in every way with it.

MUDDY HOLE, (West), in Burgeo and LaPoile district, near Burin.

MUDDY HOLE, in Fogo district, near Musgrave Harbor.

MUDDY HOLE, in Twillingate district; nearest post town, Exploits.

MULE RACE BAY, in Burgeo and LaPoile district; nearest post town, Rose Blanche.

MULLEY’S COVE, in Bay de Verde district, near Carbonear.

MULLIN’S COVE, n Labrador coast; nearest port of call, Emily Harbor.

MUMPER’S ISLAND, a salmon fishing station in Twillingate district; all connections at Exploits, Burnt Island. Pop. 7.

MURRAY’S HARBOR, on Labrador coast; nearest port of call, Spear Harbor.

MUSGRAVE HARBOR, on Labrador coast; nearest port of call, Grady.

MUSGRAVE HARBOR, a post, money order, fishing, farming and ship building settlement in Fogo district, 14 miles from Seldom-Come By; nearest port of entry, Fogo, 35 miles by water; all other connections at or the same as Seldom-Come -By, connected by sailing packet; contains 3 stores, 1 Methodist church and Salvation Army, 1 school, 1 hall and postal telegraph. Pop. 328.

MUSGRAVETOWN, a post and money order office in Bonavista district; contains 1 store, postal telegraph, Methodist church and Salvation Army. Reid Nfld. Co.’s steamers call here.

MUSSEL HARBOR ARM, (Long Island), a post and fishing settlement in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; nearest money order office, Harbor Buffett; all other connections at or the same as Placentia; contains 1 church. Reid Nfld. Co.’s steamers call here. Pop. 220.

MUSSEL POND, a post settlement in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; nearest post town, Salmonier.

MUTTON BAY, on Strait of Belle Isle; nearest port of call, Bonne Esperance.

 

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NAIN, a fishing settlement on the Labrador coast; steamer with mails calls during summer. Pop. 272.

NAKED MAN, in Twillingate district, near Jackson’s Cove.

NAMELESS COVE, in St. Barbe district, near Flower’s Cove.

NARROWS, in Burin district, near Burin.

NATASHQUAN, in Strait of belle Isle; nearest port of call, Bonne Esperance.

NECK HARBOR, in Burgeo and LaPoile district; nearest post town, Rose Blanche.

NEGRO’S SOUND, on Labrador coast; nearest port of call, Pack’s Harbor.

NEW BAY, a post settlement in Twillingate district; contains 1 store, Methodist church and Salvation Army; it is 42 miles S.W. of Twillingate.

NEW BONAVENTURE, in Trinity district; nearest post town, Trinity.

NEW BRIDGE, a post settlement in Placentia and St. Mary’s district, near Salmonier.

NEW BURNT COVE, (Smith’s Sound), in Trinity district; this is considered part of Burgoyne’s Cove; connections the same; nearest money order office and postal telegraph, Britannia Cove. Pop. 29.

NEW CHELSEA, formerly Seal Cove, Trinity Bay, a post settlement 15 miles from Heart’s Content, 3 miles from Hant’s Harbor, 27 miles from Carbonear station; contains 1 store, 1 saw mill and church.

NEW CUT ROOM, in Trinity district, between Port Rexton and Salmon Cove, 1 mile from Port Rexton station. Pop. 20.

NEW FEROLE, a fishing settlement in St. Barbe district; nearest post office and port of entry, Flower’s Cove; all other connections at or the same as Bonne Bay. Reid Nfld. Co.’s steamers call weekly. Pop. 15.

NEW HARBOR, on Labrador coast; nearest port of call, Bonne Esperance.

NEW HARBOR, in St. Barbe district; nearest post town, Griquet.

NEW HARBOR (bottom of Trinity Bay), a post, money order, telegraph office, fishing and farming settlement in Trinity district; nearest railway station, Broad Cove, 5 miles; coastal steamers and port of entry, Harbor Grace; contains 5 stores, 2 churches and schools, 1 hall. Pop. 480.

NEW HARBOR, IN Twillingate district; contains 1 store, 1 school and Salvation Army. Pop. 50.

NEW HARBOR, (Hermitage Bay), near Rencontre, a fishing settlement in Burgeo and LaPoile district; nearest post office, rencontre; nearest money order office, port of entry and coastal mail steamer, Pushthrough, 22 miles; railway, Port aux Basques. Pop. 110.

NEW HARBOR, a fishing settlement in Fortune Bay district; nearest post office, English Harbor East; port of entry, St. Jacques; steamer connections, Belleoram; all other connections at or the same as Bay L’Argent.

NEW MELBOURNE, formerly Russell’s Cove, Trinity district, a post and money order office, a mining and fishing settlement, 20 miles from Harbor Grace which is the nearest banking town. Contains 1 store, 1 church, postal telegraph and sa mill. Pop. 209.

NEW PERLICAN, a post, fishing, farming and shipbuilding settlement in Trinity district; nearest port of entry and coastal steamer, heart’s Content, 3 miles; railway station, Carbonear, 15 miles; contains 2 stores, postal telegraph, 2 churches, school and 1 hall. Excellent harbor, perfectly landlocked, with good entrance. Pop. 575.

NEWELL’S ISLAND, in Bonavista district, near Greenspond.

NEWMAN’S COVE, a post, fishing and farming settlement in Bonavista district; all connections at or the same as Bonavista, 6 miles by courier; contains 4 stores, 2 churches. Pop. 310.

NEWMAN’S SOUND, in Bonavista district, near King’s Cove.

NEWTOWN, (Holyrood), a post office and inland farming settlement in district of Harbor Main; all connections at or the same as Holyrood, 3 miles; contains 1 schoolhouse. Pop. 100.

NEWTOWN, (Bonavista), a post and money order office in Bonavista district; contains a postal telegraph office and Methodist church.

NE WORLD ISLAND (Note Dame Bay), in the district of Twillingate is composed of the following settlements, viz. Squid Cove, Virgin Arm, Carter’s Cove, Chance Harbor South, Tizzard’s Harbor, Spirit Cove, Wild Cove, Moreton’s Harbor, Pearce’s Harbor, Western Head Harbor, Whale’s Gulch, Chance Harbor North, Farmer’s Arm, Luke’s Arm and Cottle’s Cove, and all have connections at or the same as Twillingate and Herring Neck.

NICHOLSVILLE, in district of St. George, a farming settlement on Deer Lake from which the Humber River flows into the Bay of Islands.

NICK’S NOSE, near Jackson’s Cove in Twillingate district.

NIMROD, in Twillingate district, near Leading Tickles.

NIPPER’S HARBOR, a post and money order office in Twillingate district, in Notre Dame Bay; contains 5 stores, customs, express, postal telegraph and Methodist church. Reid Nfld. Co.’s and Bowring Bros. steamers call here during open navigation.

NODDY BAY, a post settlement in St. Barbe district, near Griquet.

NOGGIN COVE, a fishing and lumbering settlement in Fogo district; nearest post office, Western Arm, 2 miles; money order office, telegraph and coastal boat, Seldom-Come-By, 10 miles by water, connected by sailing packet; port of entry, Fogo Harbor, 16 miles; railway station, Carmanville [sic], 55 miles. Pop. 60.

NONSUCH, a small fishing settlement in Placentia and St. Mary’s district, 1 mile from Petit Forte.

NORMAN’S COVE, in Trinity district, near Norris Arm station [sic].

NORMAN’S COVE, a post and money order office, in Trinity district, a fishing and farming settlement; nearest railway station, Broad Cove; has Salvation Army and 1 store. Pop. 250.

NORRIS ARM, a post and money order office in Twillingate district, a farming, fishing and lumbering settlement and station on Reid Nfld. railway, 14 miles from Bishop’s Falls; contains 2 stores, 2 hotels, postal telegraph, express and customs office. Pop. 200.

NORRIS POINT, a post settlement in St. Barbe district; has postal telegraph station; nearest post town, Bonne Bay.

NORTH ARM, (Bay of Islands), in Bay St. George district; all connections at or the same as Bay of Islands, Curling.

NORTH BAY, a settlement in Burgeo and LaPoile district, 9 miles from LaPoile, which is the nearest business centre. Pop. 46.

NORTH BAY (in Belle Bay), a post, fishing and farming settlement in Fortune Bay district; nearest money order and steamer connection, Belleoram, 9 miles; telegraph and port of entry, St. Jacques, 12 miles.

NORTH BRANCH, a station, 41 miles from Port aux Basques on Reid Nfld. railway.

NORTH EAST COVE, a post settlement in St. Barbe district.

NORTH HARBOR, a post settlement in Placentia and St. Mary’s district; all connections at or the same as Sound Island.

NORTH HARBOR, (St. Mary’s), in Placentia and St. Mary’s district.

NORTH RIVER, a post settlement in Port de Grave district.

NORTH WEST ARM, Alexander Bay, in Bonavista district; nearest post town, Glovertown.

NORTH WEST ARM, Clode Sound, in Bonavista district; nearest post town, Port Blandford.

NORTH WEST ARM, Green Bay, a post and money order office in Twillingate district; has postal telegraph.

NORTH WEST ARM, (New Bay), in Twillingate district, a post fishing settlement.

NORTH WEST ARM, Rocky Bay, in Fogo district; nearest post town, Gander Bay.

NORTH WEST ARM, Sweet Bay, Bonavista Bay, Bonavista district. See Winter Brook.

NORTH WEST ARM, Trinity district, included in Trinity. See Lockston.

NORTH WEST BROOK, in Trinity district, 3 miles from Northern Bight station; a fishing settlement. Pop. 55.

NORTH WEST BROOK, in Bonavista district, a railway station on Reid Nfld. railway, 33 miles from Port Blandford.

NORTH WEST COVE, in Burgeo and LaPoile district; nearest post town, LaPoile.

NORTH WEST POINT, a post settlement in St. Barbe district.

NORTH WEST POINT, Hare Bay, in St. Barbe district; nearest post town, St. Anthony.

NORTH WEST RIVER, on Labrador coast; nearest port of call, Rigolet.

NORTHERN ARM, (Woodford’s), a post settlement in Harbor Main district.

NORTHERN ARM, (Exploits River), a post settlement in Twillingate district, a lumber settlement; nearest money order office, telegraph, etc., Botwood; railway station, Norris Arm. Pop. 285.

NORTHERN BAY, a post and money order office, fishing and farming settlement in Bay de Verde district; nearest railway station, Carbonear, 17 miles; coastal steamer and all other connections at or the same as Western Bay, 5 miles, connected by courier; contains 4 stores, 1 Catholic church, a postal telegraph office; winter mails by rail and courier. Pop. 430.

NORTHERN BIGHT, a post and money order office in Trinity district, a station on Reid Nfld. railway, 25 miles from Clarenville; contains express and postal telegraph office, 1 Methodist church.

NORTHERN BIGHT STATION, 4¾ miles from a settlement of same name; a station on the railway in district of Trinity, 55 miles from Placentia Junction, 119 miles from St. John’s, 25 miles from Clarenville. See also Northern Bight.

NORTHERN END, in Fogo district, nearest post town, Change Islands.

NORTHERN HARBOR, (Notre Dame Bay), a fishing station in Twillingate district; good harbor, safe entrance; all connections at or the same as Exploits (Burnt Island), 3 miles; nearest station and telegraph office, Botwood. Pop. 65.

NOTRE DAME JUNCTION, a railway station in the district of Twillingate, 10 miles to Lewisporte station, and 21 miles from Bishop’s Falls.

NOWLAN’S HARBOR, on Labrador coast; nearest port of call, dead Island.

NUDDICK, in Trinity district; nearest port town, Trinity.

NUT COVE, in Trinity district; nearest post town, Clarenville.

 

 

Page Transcribed by Peter Godfrey (May 2002)

Page Revised by Craig Peterman (January 2003)

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