Z is for Zoar

Zoar

Located in Labrador, the Inuit community of Zoar, was founded in the mid-1800s by missionaries of the Moravian church, a German Protestant denomination. By 1894 the community had been abandoned, with little more than a graveyard to mark its existence.

Y is for York harbour

York Harbour

York Harbour has a population of 356. Its Post Office was established in 1960.

X is for X-citing!

Ok, I'm cheating a little bit. Newfoundland does not have once community that begins with the letter X. Instead, here are some X-citing facts about Newfoundland....


Has a Moose population of over 150,000

Has 31 provincial parks and reserves

Was the first to respond to Titanic's distress signal-received at Cape Race

Has the oldest street in North America

Has the most pubs per square foot in Canada

Has 17,540 km (10,900 miles) of coastline

Has a population of 568,500, including 30,400 in Labrador

Was host to a meeting with President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill for the Atlantic Conference in 1941

Hosted Marconi's 1901 experiments when he received the first transatlanti wireless signal

Hosted more than 40 pioneering transatlantic flights between 1919 and 1937 (pilots such as Amelia Earhart, Charles and Anne Lingbergh, Wiley Post, and Harold Gatty)

Has 176 rivers where Atlantic Salmon may be caught by rod and reel

Was the landing point for the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable, at Heart's Content in 1866

Is home to more than 20 species of whales and dolphins

Is pronounced by Newfoundlander's as NoufinLANd (kind of, depending on how fast you are talking, what part of the bay you are from and how many beers you have had to drink)

W is for Witless Bay

Witless Bay


Witless Bay has a human population of 1070, but just off its shores, the Witless Bay Seabird Ecological Reserve is home to thousands seabirds, including the largest colony of Atlantic Puffins, Herring Gulls, Great Black-backed Gulls, Black-legged Kittiwakes, Razorbills, Common Murres, Black Guillemots and the first known Northern Fulmars to breed in Newfoundland.


Want more W's?
Wabana, Wabush, Waldron, Walsh, Wandsworth, Wards Harbour, Wareham, Watering Chute, Waterville, Watcons Pond, Wesleyville, West Bay, West Lake, West Landing, West Point, West St. Modeste, Western Arm, Weatern Head, Westpoint, Weybridge, Whale's Gulch,Whitbourne, White House, White Rock, Whiteway, Wild Bight, Wild Cove, Williams, Windsor, Wings Point, Winter Brook, Winterhouse, Winterland, Winterton, Woodford Cove, Woodstock, Woodville, Woody Island, Woody Point, Wreck Cove




I've taken the Witless Bay Whale and Puffin tour at least 3 times, once I was pooped on by a puffin - the poop was orangey coloured.

V is for Virgin Arm

Virgin Arm

The community of Virgin Arm is located at the head of Friday's Bay, on New World Island, it has a population of 616.


V is also for:
Valley Pond, Valleyfield, Valna Fad, Venison Islands, Victoria, Villa Marie, Vitters Cove, Voy's Beach

U is for Upper Island Cove

Upper Island Cove


The town was once known as “The Walled City” because it is built at the bottom of high cliffs. According to the 1965 Census, the population was fourteen. The current population is 1774.



Ungardlek, Upper Amherst Cove, Upper Burgeo, Upper Ferry, Upper Gullies, Upper Island Cove, Upshall

T is for Twillingate

Twillingate (pronounced as TWILL-in-GATE)

Located on the edge of what is known as Iceberg Alley, Twillingate is affectionately known as the Iceberg Capital of the world. Many of these 10,000 year old iceberg giants float by quietly each year and people travel great distances just to chance a glance.

Looking for more T's? Check out:
Table Bay, Tacks Beach, Talcville, Tartan Lane, Taylor's Bay, Tea Cove, Templeman, Terra Nova, Terrenceville, The Beaches, The Block, The Dock, The Droke, The Flats, The Front, The Green, The Houser, The Keys, The Mines, The Ticket, Thornlea, Throughfare, Three Arms, Three Mile Rock, Three Rock Cove, Tibbos Hill, Tickle Cove, Tickle Harbour, Tilt Cove, Tilting, Tilton, Tilts, Tims Harbour, Tizzard's Harbour, Tomkins, Too Good Arm, Torbay, Tors Cove, Toslow, Traytown, Trepassy, Triangle, Trinity, Triton, Trout River, Trouty, Trump Islands, Turks Cove, Turner's Bight, Turnip Cove, Twin Falls

S is for Sunnyside

Sunnyside


Sunnyside is in eastern Newfoundland, on the Isthmus of Avalon - a scenic strip of land that connects St. John's with the rest of the island. Just 3Km away in Bull Arm, offshore Oil platforms are being built.



Some lot of Newfoundland S's:
Safe Harbour, Sagona Island, Sally's Cove, Salmon Cove, Salmonier, Salt Harbour, Salt Pond, Salt Pond Cove, Salvage, Salvation, Samson Island, Sand Pits, Sandringham, Sandy Beach, Sandy Cove, Sandy Hook, Saunders Cove, Savage Cove, Sawbill, Scrape Shore, Seahorse, Seal Bight, Seal Cove, Seal Islands Harbour, Seal Rocks, Searston, Seldom, Seldom Come By, Separation Point, Serpentine, Shabo, Shallop Cove, Shalloway, Shamblers Cove, Sharks Cove, Shea Heights, Shearstown, Sheaves Cove, Sheppardville, Shestsheits, Ship Cove, Ship Harbour, Ship Island, Shoal Bay, Shoal Cove, Shoe Point, Shoe Cove, Shore's Cove, Sibleys Cove, Silver Fox Island, Silver Point, Skibbereen, Small Point, Smith's Harbour, Smokey, Smooth Cove, Snooks Arm, Snug Harbour, Soldier's Cove, Sopers, Sop's Arm, South Brook, South Dildo, South River, South Side, South West Arm, Southeast Arm, Southern Arm, Southern Harbour, Southport, Southside, Spaniard's Bay, Spanish Room, Spear Harbour, Spencers Cove, Spillars Cove, Spillway, Spirirty Cove, Spoon Cove, Spotted Island, Spout Cove, Spread Eagle, Springdale, Springfield, Spruce Brook, Sprucy Cove, Square Islands, St. Barbe, St. Alban's, St. Andrew', St. Annes, St. Anthony, St. Bernanrd's, St. Brendan's, St. Bride's,St. Carol's, St. Catherine's, St. Chad's, St. David's, St. Fintan's, St. George's, St. Jacques, St. John's, St. Jones Within, St. Jones Without, St. Joseph's, St. Joseph's Cove, St. Judes, St. Julien's, St. Kyran's, St.Lawrence, St. Leonards, St. Lunaire, St. Mary's, St. Micheal's, St. Particks, St. Phillips, St. Shotts, St. Stephen's, St. Veronica's, St. Vincent's, Stag Harbour, Stage Shore, Stanhope, Stanley Cove, Steady Brook, Stepaside, Stephenville, Stocking Harbour, Stone Valley, Stone's Cove, Stoney House, Stopperside, Straitsview, Stuckless Cove, Summerford, Summerside, Summerville, Sunnyside, Swabs Dock, Swanger Cove, Swansea Cove, Sweet Bay, Swift Current, Sydney Cove

It was very tempting for me to pick St. Lawrence(my hometown) or St. Vincent's(my inlaws have a cottage there) or even St. John's(the capital city) but I didn't...

R is for Ramea

In the early nineteenth century, settlers formed several small independent communities on the Ramea Islands. In the early 1940s, all inhabitants moved to Northwest Island and formed the Town of Ramea, which was incorporated in 1951. The location provided an excellent harbour and was strategic for exploiting the fishery.


Right as Rain R names:
Raleigh, Rambler, Random Heights, Random Island West, Rantem, Rantem Station, Rattling Brook, Raymond Point, Red Bay, Red Brook, Red Cliff, Red Cove, Red Head, Red Harbour, Red Island, Red Rocks, Redore, Reefs Harbour, Reids Room, Reidville, Rencontre, Renews, Rexons Cove, Richards Harbour, Ringolet, Rious, River Brook, River of Ponds, Riverdale, Riverhead, Robert's Arm, Robinsons Bight, Rock Harbour, Rocky Harbour, Roddickton, Rodgers Cove, Romaines, Rose Bay, Rose Blanche, Rosedale, Ross Bay, Rouge Harbour, Roundabout, Rushoon, Rushy Pond, Russell

If you are here for the A to Z challenge, please leave a link to your site, and I will be sure to drop by and visit.

Q is for Quidi Vidi

pronounced KID-ee-VID-ee or KWY-da-VIDE-ah


Once a historic fishing village, it is now a part of the city of St John's. The former fish plant is now home to Quidi Vidi Brewery. The lake of the same name is the site of the Royal St John's Regatta, held every August, the regatta is one of the oldest sporting events in North America, featuring fixed-seat rowing races and a huge garden party.


Not a lot of Q's but we do have:
Quarry, Queen's Cove, Quiller, Quirpon

P is for Petty Harbour

Petty Harbour

Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove is a picturesque town of approximately 950 people located on the eastern shore of the Avalon Peninsula approximately 15 minutes away from St. John's.


Plenty of P's
Packs Harbour, Pacquet, Paddock's Bight, Paradise, Pardy Island, Parker's Cove, Parkview, Parsons Harbour, Pasadena, Pass Island, Pateyville, Path End, Patrick's Cove, Peaches Cove, Peachytown, Penetangishene, Penguin Arm, Pensons Arm, Pentons Heights, Perry's Cove, Peter's River, Petit Forte, Petit Jardin, Petites, Petley, Petries, Phillips Head, Piccadilly, Piccadilly Slant, Piccaire, Pick Eyes, Pidgeon Cove, Pikes Arm, Pilley's Island, Pinchards Island, Pines Cove, Pinginak, Pinsent, Pinware, Pitts Harbour, Placentia, Plate Cove West, Pleasentview, Pleasentville, Plum Point, Point au Gaul, Point au Mal, Point Enragte, Point La Haye, Point Lance, Point Leamington, Point May, Point of Bay, Point Rosie, Point Verde, Pointe a l'Aurorre, Pollards Point, Pond Cove, Pool's Cove, Pope's Harbour, Port Albert, Port anne, Port Anson, Port au Bras, Port au Choix, Port au Port, Port Blandford, Port de Grave, Port Hope Simpson, Port Kirwan, Port Nelson, Port Rexton, Port Royal, Port Saunders, Port Union, Porterville, Portland, Portland Creek, Portugal Cove, Postville, Pouch Cove, Pound Cove, Presque, Princeton, Pritchetts, Prowseton, Pumbly Cove, Purbeck's Cove, Purcell's Harbour, Pushthrough, Pynns

O is for Old Bonaventure

Old Bonaventure

In Trinity Bay on Newfoundland's East coast, just around the corner from New Bonaventure, is Old Bonaventure.


Other Newfoundland O's:
O'Brien, Ocean Pond, Ochre Pit Cove, Occasional Harbour, Oderin, O'Donnells, Okak, Old Mill, Old Perlican, Old Shop, Open Hall, Opocopa, O'Regan's, Oreway, Osmond, Otterbury, Otter's Point, Our Harbour, Outer Cove

N is for New Perlican

New Perlican is one of the oldest settlements in the province, the town was mentioned by name in correspondence from Thomas Rowley, in 1619. 110 feet above sea level, New Perlican has a population of 188 people.


Newfoundland is full of N's:
Nain, Nameless Cove, Neddy Harbour, New Bonaventure, New Bridge, New Burnt Cove, New Chelsea, New Country Siding, New Ferolle, New Harbour, New Melbourne, Newman's Cove, Newport, Newton, Newville, New-Wes-Valley, Nicholsville, Nickey's Nose Cove, Nimrod, Nippers Harbour, Noddy Bay, Noel's Pond, Noggin Cove, Norman's Cove, Norris Arm, Norris Point, North Boat Harbour, North Cove, North Croque, North Harbour, North River, North Side, North Shore, North West Arm, North West Brook, Northeast Arm, Northeast Crouse, Northern, Northern Arm, Northern Bight, Northside, Nuggetville, Nutak

Happy Birthday to me Mudder!

M is for Musgrave Harbour

Musgrave Harbour

Originally named Muddy Hole in 1834, Musgrave Harbour was renamed in 1886 in honour of Governor Anthony Musgrave.


Maybe another M would float your boat?
Maberly, Maccles, Maddox Cove, Mahers, Maidstone, Main Brook, Main Point, Mainland, Maskinsons, Makkovik, Mall Bay, Man of War Cove, Manuels, Maple Valley, Margaree, Markland, Marquise, Marystown, Marysvale, Masons Cove, Massey Drive, Mattis Point, McCallum, McIver's, Meadows, Melrose, Menihek, Merasheen, Mercer's Cove, Merriett's Harbour, Michael's Harbour, Middle Arm, Middle Amherst Cove, Middle Gut, Miles Cove, Millertown, Mills Siding, Milltown, Millville, Milton, Ming's Bight, Mistaken Cove, Mobile, Monchy, Molliers, Monkstown, Montoe, Moore's Cove, Mooring Cove, Moreton's Harbour, Morley's Siding, Morrisville, Mortier, Mose Ambrose, Mosquito, Mount Arlington, Mount Carmel, Mount Moriah, Mount Pearl, Mouse Island, Mud Lake, Muddy Bay, Muddy Hole, Murphys Cove, Musgravetown

L is for L' Anse aux Meadows

L'Anse aux Meadows (pronounced locally as LANCE-ah-MED-owes)

In the past four to five thousand years, many people have lived at L’Anse aux Meadows; some stayed longer than others. Among these people was a small group of Norse sailors. The remains of their camp, discovered in 1960 by Helge and Anne Stine Ingstad, is the oldest known European settlement of the New World.


Let's hear it for the Newfoundland L's
La Manche, La Poile, La Scie, Labrador City, Ladle Cove, Lady Cove, Lake Siding, Lakeview, Lally Cove, Lamaline, Lancaster, Lance Cove, Langdon's Cove, L'Anse-Amour, L'Anse-au-Clair, L'Anse-au-Diable, L'Anse-au-Loup, L'Anse-a-l'Eau, Lark Harbour, Laurenceton, Lawn, Lead Cove, Leading Tickles, Lethbridge, Lewin's Cove, Lewisporte, Little Barasway, Little Bay, Little Bona, Little Brehat, Little Burnt Bay, Little Cataline, Little Harbour, Little Heart's Ease, Little Island Cove, Little Port, Little Pumbly Cove, Little Salmonier, Little Seldom, Little St. Lawrence, Livingston, Lobster Cove, Loch Leven, Lock Cove, Lodge Bay, Lodges, Logy Bay, Lomond, Lonesome Cove, Long Beach, Long Cove, Long Grade, Long Harbour, Long Pond, Long Point, Loon Cove, Lower Cove, Lower Island Cove, Lucyville, Luke's Arm, Lumsden, Lushes Bight

On a side note: ITS FRIDAY THE 13TH!!

Today Kiddo is having a frenectomy (surgery that cuts away a piece of soft tissue between her two front teeth - wish us luck) AND husband and I have tickets to see Seinfeld.

K is for Kippens

Kippens

The town of Kippens is supposedly named after a man by the name of George Kippen, who was an English sea captain. Some say he landed his ship here, while others say he was shipwrecked at the river located at the western end of the community. Population 1802.


K is also for:
Keels, Kelligrews, Kerley's Harbour, Kettle Cove, Kilbride, Kingman's, Kings Cove, Kingston, Kippens, Kirby's Cove, Kitchuses, Knight's Cove, Knob Lake

J is for Joe Batt's Arm

Joe Batt's Arm

The largest community on Fogo Island, the shores of Joe Batt's were used byt the Beothuk (the native Indians of Newfoundland), to hunt and gather food as well as to rest on their journeys to the Funk Islands, even before the first European settlers.


"Jumpin' Je'sus b'y! Some fine lookin' J's"
Jack Ladder, Jackson's Arm, Jacques Fontaine, Jamestown, Jean de Baie,
Jeffrey's, Jenkins Cove, Jerrys Nose, Jersey Harbour, Jerseyside, Jim's Cove, Job's Cove, John's Beach, Journois, Jumpers Brook, Juniper Stump

I is for....Isle aux Morts

Isle aux Morts - pronounced AISLE-ah-MORT

With a population of 813, this small community is on the Southwest Coast of Newfoundland, close to Port aux Basques. The town is named after a formerly inhabited nearby island and is a reference to the many shipwrecks off the coast.


Heard of Isle aux Morts? What about these Newfoundland I's?
Iggiak, Independent, Indian Bay, Indian Cove, Indian Harbour, Iona, Ireland's Eye, Irishtown, Irvine, Island Cove, Island Harbour, Isle aux Morts, Islington, Ivanhoe

H is for Happy Adventure

Happy Adventure - pupulation 227

According to local lore, the name,has three possible origins. Some speculate it is a reflection of the joyful experience of the first settlers in finding such a welcoming environment. Some say the community was named to commemorate a ship belonging to 17th century pirate Peter Easton. While other still, suggest the community was named by George Holbrook, a British Admiralty hydrographer who surveyed Newman Sound in 1817 and sheltered in one of Happy Adventure's coves during a storm.


Already had your Happy Adventure? Well what about these other Newfoundland communities:

Halfway Tucks, Halls Town, Hampden, Hannah Cove, Hant's Harbour, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Harbour Breton, Harbour Buffett, Harbour Deep, Harbour Grace, Harbour Island, Harbour Le Cou, Harbour Mille, Harbour Round, Harcourt, Hardy's Cove, Hare Bay, Harnum Point, Harricott, Harris Point, Harrys Brook, Hatchet Cove, Hawke's Bay, Hay Cove, Haystacks, Head Harbour, Heart's Content, Heart's Delight, Heart's Desire, Heatherton, Henley Harbour, Hermitage, Herring Neck, Hibbs Cove, Hickman's Harbour, High Beach, Highlands, Hillgrade, Hillview, Hodderville, Holton, Holyrood, Hoop Cove, Hooping Harbour, Hopewell, Horwood, Howley, Humber Village

Hoppy Easter!

Happy Easter!


Hope you are enjoying the A to Z challenge, and your tour of Newfoundland. Please remember to leave a link to your own blog, and I will be sure to pop by for a visit!

This post is bought to you by the letter G

Gambo
A derivative of Baie de las Gamas, Spanish or Portuguese for “Bay of the does”, with “does” being a reference to caribou. Gambo is the birthplace of Joseph R. Smallwood.


Other G-reat communities:
Gaff Topsails, Gallants, Garnish, Gaultois, Gander, Garden Cove, Garia, George's Brook, Georgetown, Gin Cove, Glovers Harbour, Glovertown, Golden Bay, Goobies, Gooseberry Cove, Goulds, Grandois, Grand Falls, Grates Cove, Gravels, Great Harbour Deep, Green Cove, Green's Harbour, Griquet, Grey River, Grole, Gull Cove, Gull Island, Gullies

F is for...

Fogo
Used as a summer home for Beothuck Indians long before Europeans entered local waters, Fogo appears on Portuguese maps as early as 1529.



Also beginning with F...
Facheux Bay, Fair Haven, Fair Island, Fairbank, Fair Haven, Fanny's Harbour, Felix Cove, Ferryland, Fermuse, Fish Cove, Flatrock, Fleur de Lys, Fleury's Bight, Flowers Cove, Flowers Island, Fogo Island, Foote's Cove, Forteau, Fortune, Fox Harbour, Foxtrap, Fox Roost, Francois, Frederickton, Frenchman's Cove, Freshwater, Fry's Cove, Furby's Cove

E is for Englee

Pronounced locally as ING-ah-LEE

Englee is a small fishing community on the east side of the Great Northern Peninsula.

Other Newfoundland communities beginning with the letter E:
East Bay, Eastern Point, Eastern Tickle, East Point, Elliott's Cove, Embree, Emeril, English Harbour, Epworth, Exploits

D is for Dildo, Newfoundland

Dildo, Newfoundland

The name Dildo comes from the pin on a rowboat to which the oar is attached (also known as a thole pin). Perhaps the most photographed place names in the Province, Dildo won the Harrowsmith Magazine award in 2001, one of the 10 prettiest communities in Canada.

Done in Dildo... well how about:
Daniel's Harbour, Darby's Harbour, Davis Cove, Dawson's Cove, Deadman's Bay, Deep Bight, De Graw, Delby's Cove, Diamond Cove, Dildo, Doctor's Harbour, Dog Bay, Domino, Donovans, Doting Cove, Dunfield, Dunville, Durrell

did you Come By Chance?

Come By Chance


You may come by change to Come By Chance or find Chance Cove in your wanders, but there are many C's to see on this Island in the sea...

Calvert, Campbell's Creek, Cambriol, Canada Harbour, Canning's Cove, Carbonear, Catalina, Cape Cove, Cape la Hune, Cape St. Mary's, Caplin Cove, Conception Bay, Cappahayden, Carter's Cove, Cartyville, Cat Cove, Catalina, Cavendish, Chamberlains, Champneys, Chance Cove, Change Islands, Chapel's Cove, Charleston, Chateau Bay, Chimney Cove, Churchill Falls, Cobb's Arm, Codroy, Coley's Point, Coffee Cove, Comfort Cove, Connaigre, Conne River, Corbin, Cottrell's Cove, Cormack, Crockers Cove, Croque, Cupids, Curling, Cuslett

If you are stopping by for the A to Z Challenge, please leave a link to your blog, and I wil be sure to stop by and C you!

B is for Bonavista

Pronounced BAWN-ah-VIS-tah

Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot), was contracted by England’s Henry VII to find new lands, and a sea route to the Orient. Cabot set sail from Bristol, England in his ship the Matthew in 1497. When Cabot first saw land he’s reputed to have said "O Buon Vista" (“Oh, Happy Sight!”)

Been to Bonavista? Well have you been to....
Baccalieu Island, Bachelor's Cove, Bacon Cove, Back Shore, Badger's Quay Baie de Loutre, Bailey's Cove, Bait Cove, Bakeapple Bight, Baker's Cove, Balcalhoa Island, Bald Nap, Balena, Ballyntine Cove, Ballyhack, Bane Harbor, Bar Haven, Bareneed, Barachois, Barr'd Harbour, Barren Island, Barrocks, Bartletts Harbour, Bateau Cove, Battle Harbour, Bauline East, Batteau, Battle Harbour, Bay de L'Eau, Bay L'Argent, Bayly's Cove, Beaches, Beau Bois, Beaumont, Bell Island, Belleoram, Bellevue, Berry Head, Biscay Bay, Birchy Bay, Black Tickle, Blow Me Down, Bluff Head Cove, Boat Harbour, Bottle Cove, Boxey, Brazils, Brigus, Brighton, Brown's Arm, Buchans Junction, Buckle's Point, Bull Cove, Burgoyne's Cove, Butter Cove

A is for Appleton

Today is April 1st - you know what that means... The first day of the A to Z Challenge! This year I'm taking you on a tour of my island! Without further delay, I bring you the letter A....



A is for Appleton

A is also for: Aaron Arm, Abbate Point, Abel Lake, Abraham's Cove, Adeytown (population of 307), Admiral's Cove, Alderburn, Alder Island, Allan's Island, Amelia Cove, Angel's Cove, Angelbrook, Anstey's Cove, Antelope, Apsey Cove, Aquiller, Argentia, Areige Bay, Arnold's Cove, Aspen Cove, Assizes Harbour, Athlone, Aviron Bay, Avondale

Some good names, aye b'y?