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Heart's Delight/Islington[edit]

I noticed that Islington was not listed but Island Cove (Trinity Bay) was instead. Since the community changed its name from Island Cove to Islington in 1911, I made an edit.

I also changed Heart's Delight to Heart's Delight/Islington. The two communities have been considered "joined" for some time now and the name, when referred to in an "official" context, is presented as Heart's Delight/Islington. Having lived in the community for nearly 19 years, I did feel the need to make such an edit.

If this list was intended to present the original names of Newfoundland and Labrador communities, please let me know. Otherwise, the two community names previously described have now been brought up to date.

The intention, at least mine was, to give a complete list of each and every community that did existed and was resettled and those that still survive today. Fore those with a name change or no longer exists should get redirected to the appropriate article describing the community of today. The article would then cover the topic of discovery, settlement, name origins, name changes, resettlement, etc. This way, again as I see it, would be a great first point to start research for those seeking names of communities that once existed. Take for example Admiral's Cove, Fermuse Harbour (Newfoundland), it redirects to Port Kirwan. HJKeats 19:01, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for clarifying your intention for this article. As there was no information on either Heart's Delight or Islington (Island Cove), I decided to go ahead with the edit anyway. I have been considering starting articles on both communities and, should I do this before someone else, the idea of "redirecting" will certainly come in handy.

--Imogenery 19:09, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comprehensive List?[edit]

Is this list comprehensive? I recently made a link for Renews-Cappahayden in the Chance Cove Provincial Park article but I can't find that town on this list. Rmhermen 00:53, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)

Photos within this list[edit]

IMHO, photographs should not be posted in this list of communities. This photograph for the community should be placed in the article about the community. HJKeats 11:33, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Photos[edit]

Thanks, I had accidently found the old photo of Outer Cove and as I hadn't put in an article I was placing it there as an example of the little cove's around the province. It will be removed asap I get back to editing the list and putting in more names, I only managed to lengthen A. WayneRay 13:32, 3 June 2006 (UTC)WayneRay[reply]


A Section[edit]

I have finished adding all the names under A & T and put in small amounts of informatin on most of them. I just added all the categories and see also links and will put in the reference material next week. Then I will finish updating the T section WayneRay 18:56, 8 June 2006 (UTC)WayneRay[reply]

Finishing the J, K, and L and I, T and U and a few others are completed WayneRay (talk) 20:01, 21 January 2009 (UTC)WayneRay[reply]

stubs[edit]

Empty articles are misleading - they conceal the fact (shown by red links) that an article is required. Do not create Green's Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador until you are ready to give it some useful content. -- RHaworth 07:47, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks but again you and others fail to see the big picture, there is a Wiki Project that about 9 of us are working on. I agree with you however about incomplete articles but this is different,

Wikipedia:WikiProject Newfoundland and Labrador & the one you found my photo on: List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador are being worked on piece by piece, some are supplying articles , some are supplying and working on links, I am working on photos, and others are doing what they can with support etc. I have completed the A, T, U and most of the B Lists with , for right now, small amounts of information OR A PHOTO, to get things going. I know you are trying to help but there is a bigger picture, Thanks for your input, I will post this conversation on the Talk pages and see what others think. WayneRay 16:29, 24 June 2006 (UTC)WayneRay[reply]

StatsCan Listing[edit]

If you were to mozy on over to User:Super cyclist/Newfoundland and Labrador, I have put together a current listing (as of the 2001 Census) of the cities, towns, villages, census-designated places and unincorporated places, as per Statistics Canada. I know the subdivisions are little-used, but give a sense of division. I don't feel comfortable replacing this article with the above-mentioned table, as there are many articles listed here that are not in my listing (and vice versa). Use as much as you can! FUNgus guy 11:43, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If the same towns and villages show up on both I think yours is a much more organized list although you might want to alphabetize it Wikistyle, Thanks, WayneRay 14
03, 2 January 2007 (UTC)WayneRay

Name of Province[edit]

Newfoundland is the name of an island, not of the province. There is no "Wabush, Newfoundland", etc. Wabush is in Labrador, or in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, but it is not in Newfoundland.

Refinement of list[edit]

The list, although very useful, is getting long for anyone wishing to extract information about a particular community. The coast of Newfoundland and Labrador has a long history of ports and fishing communities that have grown, prospered and subsequently died out. Some of these communities were forcibly re-settled while others just simply died because of changes in the mode of transportation and the requirement to be near areas of available public services. I propose that each of the communities be categorize in a listing to highlight those exact same sentiments as above to identify the history of these communities past and present. May I suggest the following categories:

  1. Cities
  2. Incorporated towns and communities
  3. Re-settled communities and fishing villages
  4. Abandoned communities and fishing villages
  5. Re-named communities and fishing villages

The latter should then have the original name with subsequent and current name. What say you folk of NL interest, shall we make a list that will better represent our province! Your suggestions are kindly welcome before changes are made to the list. --HJKeats 15:36, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely, I agree. I had or we had, bolded the larger communities already but that is not enough. There was a link on the Talk page that listed the abandoned towns so it shouldn't be too hard to divide all this up. However, that said, would all this be on one page or would there be new pages and the List page to have only the headings?? I will be in Stephenville for the Come Home Year festivities from July 30-August 6th 2007 if anyone is going to be there also I am having a photo show of historical photographs in the local library. I hope to take some photos of the out laying villages as well as there is hardly any good old photos in the Commons. WayneRay 20:38, 12 June 2007 (UTC)WayneRay[reply]
I tried to put the bolded incorporated cities at the top of the A & B list but after I finished I saw that someone had bolded empty pages on the original list so that won't work. I will work on it if that is how you were intending it to be HJKeats ?? Or put a whole alpha section seperate of the old communities list? WayneRay 19:59, 13 June 2007 (UTC)WayneRay[reply]

The list, as it is currently being modified, is not reflecting what I had envisaged as required refinements to the list. There are only three classified cited in the province, St. John's, Mount Pearl and Corner Brook. To label major centers as cities becomes rather confusing. I had envisaged section (sub-sections) from the list I shown above with a lead in paragraph or two to describe the criteria and information about the section (sub-section). Then underneath those paragraphs would appear the list of cities, and communities that fall under those sections. --HJKeats 13:58, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK I see what you mean, I didn't know your whole structure and it can easily be rectified. Why don't you use the subsection I created for the Cities you mentioned and the content and I will put back the information on the main page. Oh and what about Stephenville with over 8000, isn't that a city? WayneRay 16:21, 15 June 2007 (UTC)WayneRay[reply]
I don't know what would be appropriate for the structure of NL communities, but look at these different approaches:

A good start to identify incorporated municipalities is the Department of Municipal Affairs official list, as found here. --HJKeats (talk) 15:36, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Photo updates on Commons[edit]

I have just organized and added new and previously unlinked photographs onto Commons, under a page by the same name as this. See the Commons link at the top of the main article. WayneRay (talk) 18:52, 23 November 2007 (UTC)WayneRay[reply]

Merge with The Settlements, Newfoundland and Labrador[edit]

The Settlements, Newfoundland and Labrador seems to list all the communities in Newfoundland and Labrador that start with "the". To separate those communities and list them on a separate article does not make sense. They should be listed along with all the other communities in the province.

Neelix (talk) 23:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, I had not seen this page before and the concensus was to divide the page up into Cities and leave the smaller incorporated towns (bold blue links in article) and have the small settlements and unincorporated towns and abandoned villages separate. The person who started this has been absent from editing for a while as have I. So you get my vote to merge WayneRay (talk) 18:53, 17 January 2008 (UTC)WayneRay[reply]
LOL I remember doing this page now to save space on the main article page, oh well, all back to normal WayneRay (talk) 15:00, 22 January 2008 (UTC)WayneRay[reply]

Citys[edit]

Can anyone tell me the 5 largest cities in Newfoundland and Labrador?

The Gut, Newfoundland and Labrador de-prodded[edit]

I posted to the N&L WikiProject Talkpage, but figured it might get more attention if I brought this here; there are ten "The Gut"s in Newfoundland & Labrador, none are listed as communities; the ref here was easy to find, of course, not that PROD-droppers ever look. I left the original text which said a settlement of this name is near Deadman's Bay, which is somewhere up by Twillingate, but CGNDB only lists guts and coves and such. A gut is a narrow channel in Newfanese, right? Or a narrow cove? And just a heads up; doubtless there are lots of items in this list that are unreferenced and may yet get prodded, I'm wondering how many may already have been, so anyone who has the time and inclination and more local knowledge than I have is welcome to undertake the time to at least add a CGNDB tag, I don't know if NL has a similar system to BC Names (formerly BCGNIS; if so, such a reference would bolster others from trying to prod with 'no proof this exists'. Notable ones should have their own article, and the page given should be a disambiguation page; and the one this was originally about, we'll need a cite for the settlement, not just the gut or cove it's at.Skookum1 (talk) 12:01, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Extra G name villages[edit]

I had put together but only added a few. Can anyone use these to finish up the G section? Newfoundland Outport Communities G Wikipedia.org List of Communities in Newfoundland and Labrador

Gadds Harbour was a locality east of Woody Point. 49̊31' 57̊53'

Gaden’s Marsh had a population of 66 in 1956.

Gaff Topsail was a rail station east of Deer Lake. The station was part of the depopulation on September 13 1966. 49̊08' 56̊39'

Galeville was a settlement located southwest of Baie Verte. 49̊33' 56̊51'

Gallants was an Incorporated Village located northeast of Stephenville. It became a local Government Community on August 16th 1966. The population was 166 in 1951 and 133 in 1956. 48̊42' 58̊14'

Gallows Cove was adjacent to Witless Bay up until the early 1980's.

Gallows Harbor was a small place in the Placentia area in 1864.

Gambo was a village located on Bonavista Bay on the main railway line, 21 miles from Gander Airport, 190 miles from St. john’s. The first steam driven saw mill in Newfoundland was established here, The Way Office was established in 1882. The first Way master was Simeon Osmond. It was changed to a Post Office on May 30 1891. It had a population of 322 in 1940, 388 in 1949, 391 in 1951 and 414 in 1956. 48̊46' 54̊14'

Gambo Pond was a rail station located northwest of Glovertown. 48̊45' 54̊13'

Gamish was a small place in the Fortune Bay area in 1864.

Gana was a small place in the Burgeo area in 1864.

Gander is a Town located just north of Gander Lake in the northeast section of the island. In 1966 it had one of the largest airports and is 213 miles by rail from St. John’s and 30 miles east of the seaplane base at Botwood. It was Incorporated as a Town on December 28th 1954. It had a population of 300 in 1949, 1,289 in 1956 and 7'108 in 1966. 48̊57' 54̊34'

Gander Bay was a small place in the Fogo and Twillingate area in 1864. It was located north of Gander. The Way Office opened in 1885 and the first Waymaster was John Bursey. It became a Post Office on May 30th 1891 and the first Postmaster was James Rowsell. It had no population after 1940. They moved to Gander Bay South. 49̊18' 54̊29'


Gander Bay South was located north of Gander and had a population of 173 in 1951 and 189 in 1956. 49̊17' 54̊29'

Gangeville was a settlement near Deadmans Cove. 51̊15' 56̊47'

Ganny Cove was a small place in the Trinity area in 1864. 48̊02' 53̊39'

Garden Cove was a village located southeast of Swift Current. The residents of Sound Island were evacuated to Garden Cove on October 23rd, 1953. The population was 49 in 1951 and 102 in 1956. 47̊51' 54̊10'

Garden Cove Labrador was near Fishing Ships Harbour.

Garden Cove was a small settlement. 51̊36' 55̊32'

Gargamelle was a settlement located north east of Daniel’s Harbour. The Way Office was established in 1885. The first Waymaster was William Langdon. It was changed to a Post Office in 1891. It had a population of 91 in 1951 and 135 in 1956. 50̊42' 57̊21'

Garia was a small place with only five families in the La Poile area in 1864.

Garnish was a village supported by fishing, lumbering, and lobstering operations. It is located on the west coast of the Burin Peninsula and 19 miles northwest of the Grand Banks. The Way Office was established in 1851 but didn’t open until 1852. The first Waymaster was Henry Campe. It became a Post Office in 1891. The population was 797 in 1940, 666 in 1949, 591 in 1951 and 545 in 1956. 47̊14' 55̊22'

Gaskers was a small place in the Harbor Main area in 1864.

Gaskiers was a small place with 15 families in the Placentia area. It became a Canadian Post Office in 1949. Gaskiers was created as a Local Government Community in 1970. The population was 204 in 1940, 247 in 1951, 325 in 1956 and 270 in 1966. 46̊53' 53̊36'

Gasters was a small place with only three families in the Harbor Main area in 1864. 47̊27' 53̊10'

Gateville was a settlement. 49̊33' 56̊51'

Haultois was a small place in the Fortune Bay area in 1864. The Way Office was established in 1877 and the first Way master was Richard Bradshaw. It was changed to a Post Office on May 30th 1891. It was Incorporated as a town on January 2nd 1962. The population was 222 in 1940, 252 in 1951, 403 in 1956 and 589 in 1966. 47̊36' 55̊54'

Gay Side was originally named Birchy Bay North. It was located northeast of Lewisport. 49̊20' 54̊46'

Gengeville was a settlement located on Deadmans Cove. 51̊15' 56̊47'

Genille was a small settlement located near Deadmans Cove. 51̊04' 55̊48'

Georges Brook was a village located north of Clarenville. The Way Office was established in October of 1885. The first Waymaster was Charles Pilley. It was later changed to a Post Office and the first Postmistress was Mrs. Mona Pilley on October 20th 1950. It had a population of 166 in 1951 and 197 in 1956. 48̊14' 53̊58'

Georges Cove was a locality southwest of Baie Verte. 49̊34' 56̊50'

Georges Cove was a small place located on the north shore of Granby Island in the Grand Falls area. The Post Office was established on October 30th 1955. The first Post master was Berton Henry Penny. Mail service via St. John’s was once every ten days. 52̊34' 55̊46'

Georges Island Labrador was near Pacs Harbour.

Georges Lake was a small locality north east of Stephenville. 48̊39' 58̊11'

George’s Point was a village located near Gander Bay South. 49̊17' 54̊29'

George’s Pond was located near St. john’s and had a population of 335 in 1956.

George’s Town was located in Conception Bay area. The Way Office was established in 1889 and the first Waymaster was George Chalker. It became a Post Office in 1891. It had a population of 187 in 1940.

Georgstown was located in Bay of Islands near Corner Brook.

Georgetown #1 was a village located south east of Bay Roberts. It had a population of 240 in 1951 and 266 in 1956. 47̊30' 53̊14'

Georgetown #2 was a settlement located southwest of Corner Brook. 48̊57' 58̊01'

Gilberts Bay Labrador was in Georges Cove, Labrador.

Gillams was a village located northwest of Corner Brook. The Post Office was established in 1956 and the first Postmistress was Mrs. Naomi Payne. It had a population of 142 in 1940, 192 in 1951 and 230 in 1956.


Gillard’s Cove was a village located on Twillingate Island. 49̊37' 54̊45'

Gillesport was a village located on the north coast, south of Twillingate Island, near the Town of Twillingate. It was primarily a fishing settlement. It had a population of 312 in 1949, 294 in 1951 and 295 in 1956. 49̊40' 54̊45'

Gilling was a C.N.R. station located north of Livingstone Labrador. 54̊45' 66̊47'

Gin Cove was a small settlement located east of Clarenville. 48̊12' 53̊49'

Glenburnie was a village located south east of Woody Point, It had a population of 115 in 1951 and 147 in 1956. 49̊26' 57̊54'

Glendale was a Town now part of Mount Pearl as of 1968. The Post Office opened on April 11th 1956 and the first Postmistress was Mrs. Jean Frances Evans. 47̊31' 52̊48'

Glendon Cove was a small locality located on Bar Haven Island. 47̊42' 54̊14'

Glenwood was a Town located northwest of Gander. The Post Office was established in 1894. The first Postmaster was James M. Kennedy. It became a Town on June 12th 1962. It had a population of 1,267 in 1940, 689 in 1951 and 638 in 1956. 48̊59' 54̊53'

Glovers Harbour was a settlement located northwest of Lewisporte. The Post Office was established in 1952 and the first Postmaster was Hallott Boone. It had a population of 44 in 1951 and 55 in 1956. 49̊27' 55̊30'

Gloverton North, South and Centre were located on the west shore of Bonavista Bay, four miles from the Alexander Bay railway station. 48̊41' 54̊02'

Glovertown or Glover Town was located at the same area as Gloverton. The Way Office was established in October 1885. The first Waymaster was Elijah Burry. It had a population of 656 in 1940 and 1,219 in 1966.48̊41' 54̊02'

Glovertown North was located on the west shore of Bonavista Island. It had a population of 316 in 1956.

Glovertown South was located southeast of Glovertown in the Twillingate area. The Post Office was established on June 10th 1952. The first Postmaster was John Wilson Howse. 48̊40' 54̊01'

Goblin was a locality northwest of Harbour Breton. 47̊43' 56̊07'

Goddenville was a locality west of Bay Roberts. The Post Office was established in 1897. The first Postmistress was Mary Barrett. 47̊36' 53̊21'

Godfathers Cove was near Jacksons Arm.

Gold Cove was a settlement located south west of Baie Verte in White Bay. It had a popoulation of 64 in 1951 and 83 in 1956. 49̊34' 56̊51'

Golden Bay was a small place in the St. Mary’s area in 1864.

Golds Cove was a small place in the Burin area in 1864.

Goobies was a village located northeast of Swift Current. It had a population of 77 in 1951 and 98 in 1956. 47̊56' 53̊58'

Goobies Siding was a rail station near Goobies. 47̊57' 53̊58'

Goose Arm was a settlement located north of Corner Brook. 49̊07' 57̊56'

Gooseberry was a small place in the Placentia area in 1864.

Gooseberry Cove #1 was a small place in the Trinity area in 1864. The Post Office was established in 1958 and the first Postmistress was Delilah Florence Smith. It had a population of 687 in 1940, 135 in 1951 and 141 in 1956. 48̊02' 53̊38'

Gooseberry Cove #2 was a locality south of Placentia. 47̊04' 54̊06'

Gooseberry Island was a small place with only nine families in the Bonavista area. It became a Post Office in 1873. The Way office existed for five months in 1873 and the first Waymaster was Charles Harris. The first Postmaster was Ambrose Jeans. It had a population of 238 in 1940. 48̊53' 53̊37'

Goose Cove #1 was a village located south of St. Anthony. It had a population of 88 in 1940, 226 in 1951 and 209 in 1956. 51̊18' 55̊38'

Goose Cove #2 was a settlement southeast of Swift Current. It had a population of 68 in 1951 and 62 in 1956. 51̊18' 55̊38'

Goose Cove #3 was a settlement southwest of Catalina in Trinity Bay. It had a population of 80 in 1951 and 141 in 1956. 48̊22' 53̊23'

Reference is on the main page already Haiku Tea (talk) 20:43, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Semi-protected edit request on 2 April 2019[edit]

Avondale is a community in CBC, Conception Bay Central. Avondale "North" is irrelevant. 98.143.128.76 (talk) 16:46, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Avondale is an incorporated town in its own right, not a community inside another municipality. This is not a list of towns and cities — it is a list of unincorporated communities, such as city neighbourhoods and outport villages and other named places that are not self-contained municipalities. Towns and cities are listed at List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador, not here, and Avondale is already in that list. Bearcat (talk) 16:56, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Missing town[edit]

Hi there you are missing St.Paul’s 137.186.18.22 (talk) 22:21, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the second sentence and follow the wikilink to find St. Pauls. Hwy43 (talk) 04:14, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Grand Falls[edit]

Town of Windsor is missing, it joined with Grand Falls, so entry should be Grand Falls-Windsor NOT just Grand Falls 2600:1010:B150:548E:14AB:3B61:C00A:6EA6 (talk) 03:34, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the second sentence and follow the wikilink to find Grand Falls-Windsor. Hwy43 (talk) 04:14, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Missing town[edit]

Lower Amhearst Cove 2600:1010:B150:548E:14AB:3B61:C00A:6EA6 (talk) 03:35, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Amherst Cove is listed and according to its article includes Lower Amherst Cove. Hwy43 (talk) 04:15, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 2 November 2023[edit]

This list is incorrect in several instances. First of all, Heart’s Delight, Heart’s Desire, and Heart’s Content have each been fully incorporated since the 1970’s. The Same also applies to New Perlican. Argentia hasn’t been lived in as a town for many, many years, and is just a place where a few businesses still operate, including the Ferry, but no inhabitants at all. If these few that I know of are wrong, many more might be wrong as well. 173.237.99.21 (talk) 22:07, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I deleted New Perlican, Heart's Content, Heart's Desire and Argentia from the list. Your are right about this list containing some errors, because I have litteraly made dozens upon dozens of corrections in it and it is still not completely right, even though it is certainly in much better shape than it originally was. I however left Heart's Delight in the list, because that place is not incorporated in and of itself (it is part of the town of Heart's Delight-Islington, which consists of two communities). Ycleymans (talk) 22:45, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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