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
I actually love how you have a place in Newfoundland called Happy Adventure, it looks and sounds amazing!
ReplyDeleteyou can have quite an adventure..lol
DeleteIf I visit, I'm adding "Happy Valley-Goose Bay" on my itinerary, just for the name bragging rights.
ReplyDeleteit would be something to brag about
DeleteSeriously loving these scenic photgraphs and imaginative place names, I will be bookmarking this site for inspiration in the future...
ReplyDeletethanks! there are lots of cool names here if you're ever stuck
DeleteWherever it came from, who wouldn't want to live in a place called Happy Adventure?
ReplyDeleteyou'd have to smile every time you read out your address
DeleteThat is a terrific name for a place regardless of how it came about.
ReplyDeletesounds so happy right?
DeleteI want to move to half of these places!!!
ReplyDeleteH names sounds so content
DeleteI can only imagine my life if I lived in a place with that name, or Heart's Delight, or Haystacks for that matter! I have to head out there sometime
ReplyDeletethe mailing address alone would make one jealous :)
DeleteHappy Adventure, Heart's Content, Heart's Delight and Heart's Desire... sounds like someone was very pleased with the locale!
ReplyDeletesure does!
DeleteThat's a very tiny community.
ReplyDeleteIt is, but its not the smallest
Deletethat's a great collection of places that start with an H! Now I'm curious as to how Happy Adventure really got its name.
ReplyDeleteGreat A-Z post!
Nutschell
www.thewritingnut.com
can't be sure, but you can always imagine
Delete227 wow, that is small!
ReplyDeletesmall towns all around the coastline - that would be Newfoundland :)
DeleteHi...I'm hopping over from the A to Z Challenge. Lovely post...good luck with the challenge. I'm a new follower!
ReplyDeleteDonna L Martin
www.donasdays.blogspot.com
Welcome Donna!
DeleteWhat a wonderful name.
ReplyDeletevery welcoming
DeleteLove your theme for the challenge. Newfoundland has some great names. I'd love to go there. Maybe one of these summers I'll get there.I usually only make it as far as North Sydney. I've seen the Newfoundland ferry. Next time I'll have to get on it.
ReplyDeleteyou should get on that ferry for sure!
DeleteHow could a place called Happy Adventure be anything but wonderful?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful view! I'm sure I'd be in joy heaven if I were there!
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