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Bonavista Bay Name Changes A Work in Progress (by Martha Warren and Emily Mullett) The following are Communities that we know of. If you can provide additional information, we will be glad to add it to this beginning list. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Bonavista Bay Community Name Changes
Early Name	When Changed to or Abandoned
Bennett Island	Resettled to Wesleyville
Bennett's High Island	Abandoned
Bird Island Cove	Elliston (TB)
Bishop's Harbour	Part of Salvage
Bloody Bay	Alexander Bay
Broom Close	Abandoned
Burnside	East of Glovertown and north-west of Eastport. In 1921 the three settlements of Squid Tickle, Hollett's Tickle, and Hollett's Cove were changed to Burnside.
Bragg's Island	Abandoned
Brighton, Bonavista District	Salvage Bay
Broad Cove	Duntara
Cape Island	Abandoned
Castle Cove	Long Islands - a group of islands at the mouth of Chandler's Reach about 12 km south of Salvage
Cat Harbour	Lumsden
Charleston	On west side of Southern Bay. The 1921 Census showed that the east side had retained the name of Southern Bay.
Cottel's Island	Appeared on most 1994 maps as St. Brendan's, Shoal Cove or Mole Cove. In 1887 people living at Cottel's Island were recorded Sholes Cove, Highmore's Cove and Dog Cove.
Coward's Island	Abandoned
Damnable	In late 1890's changed to St. Chad's - 5 km north-west of Eastport.
Deer Island	Abandoned
English Harbour	On Greenspond Island
Fair Island	Abandoned
Fisher's Cove	A resettled fishing settlement near Bonavista on the part of the coastline known as "The Shore".
Flat Island	Abandoned
Flower's Island	Abandoned
Fox Cove	Templeman
Gooseberry Island	Abandoned
Glovertown	In 1954 incorporated to include Alexander Bay (Northwest Arm), Rosedale, Angle Brook, Norton Cove, Saunders Cove,
Glovertown	North, Glovertown Central, Glovertown South.
Green Island	Abandoned
Greenspond	Greenspond is an island community composed of Greenspond Island, Batterton and Ship Islands, and, uninhabited now, Newell's, Wing's, Pig, Maiden's, Groats, and Puffin Islands.
Hay Cove	Abandoned
Hodderville	A resettled community (by 1971) located near Knight's Cove, B. B
Indian Arm	Summerville
Inner Pinchard's Island	Newtown or Inner Islands
Loo Cove	Port Nelson (abandoned)
Muddy Hole	Musgrave Harbour
New Harbour	Newport. Located on either side of New Harbour, abandoned in 1950's
Northwest Arm	Resettled to Valleyfield
North West Arm, Sweet Bay	Winter Brook
Norton's Cove	Brookfield
Open Hole	Open Hall
Pinchard's Island	Abandoned
Pond Island	Greenspond
Safe Harbour	Abandoned
Sandringham	Sandringham
Seal Cove	Princeton
Shoal Bay	Wellington, then renamed to Dover.
Southeast Arm or Hopevale or Hopeville	Lethbridge. Nomenclature Board affixed this name in 1912 to include that portion of Brooklyn, Bonavista Bay, containing the Railway Station and the neighbouring residences.
Silver Fox Island or	Abandoned Silver Hair Fox Island
Southward Bay	Charleston
Swain's Island	Abandoned, resettled to Wesleyville
Troy Town	Traytown
Vere Island	Fair Island (now abandoned)
Thanks to Martha Warren, Don Tate and Thomas R. Cole for their contributions. If you have any further information - please contact Emily Mullett

Compiled by Emily Wicks Mullett March 23, 2000
Page revised July 2002 (Terry Piercey)

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