The Gulf of St. Lawrence is the outlet of the North American Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. The gulf is a semi-enclosed sea, covering an area of about 226,000 square kilometres (87,000 sq mi) and containing about 34,500 cubic kilometres (8,300 cu mi) of water, at an average depth of 152 metres (500 ft).
Division No. 1, Subdivision A is an unorganized subdivision on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 1, and lies between Trinity Bay and Placentia Bay.
Lawn,, is a town located at the tip of the Burin Peninsula on Newfoundland's South coast, Newfoundland and Labrador. Lawn is spread around a small harbour in a relatively lush valley. According to one local tradition it was this lushness that inspired Captain James Cook to name the place Lawn Harbour. But it has also been speculated that a Frenchman named the community after a doe caribou that he spotted there.
The second USS Pollux (AKS-2) was a Castor-class general stores issue ship.
Port au Port West-Aguathuna-Felix Cove is a small town located on the Port au Port Peninsula of the Island of Newfoundland, Canada. The nearest large service area is Stephenville.
Fortune Bay is a fairly large natural bay located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The Bay is bounded by Point Crewe on the Burin Peninsula and Pass Island at the entrance to Hermitage Bay to the northwest for a distance of 56 kilometers. The bay extends in a northeast direction for 105 kilometers ending at Terrenceville.
St. Bride's is a small town on the Cape Shore of Newfoundland, Canada. Located 166 km Southwest of the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, St. Bride's is a fishing community with a population of approximately 318 persons as of 2021. The largest codfish ever caught, weighing in at 125 lbs, was landed here in 1905.
Point May is the most southerly community on the Burin Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador with a population of 254 in 2021. It is a Catholic community with a church, town hall, fire hall, softball and soccer field. It is known for its close proximity, 19 km (12 mi), to the French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, where the smuggling of liquor and tobacco has been a way of life since before Canada was a country. The tiny Canadian Green Island lies 10 km (6 mi) west of Point May, roughly halfway to St. Pierre.
Little Burnt Bay is a small coastal community outside Embree and Lewisporte. In 2016, the population was 281, down 4.4. percent from 2011.
Fermeuse is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 266 in the Canada 2021 Census.
Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 241 in the Canada 2021 Census.
Lamaline is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 480 in 1940, 643 in 1956 and 218 in the Canada 2021 Census. Lamaline was a small place with 10 families in 1864. The Way Office was established in 1863 and the first Waymaster was James Pittman.
Morrisville is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 93 in the Canada 2021 Census. Morrisville is located in the Bay d'Espoir region and is 169 km from Grand Falls-Windsor.
The Headland of Cape Pine is the point of land marking the boundary of Trepassey Bay on the Avalon Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Point Enragée, also known as Point Rosie, is located northwest of Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador. All residents were resettled to Garnish, Grand Bank and other Fortune Bay outports during the 1960s. It never had a road or rail link, and sometimes the Fortune Bay Nor' easters made leaving the community and getting ashore very risky to life and limb. It had a population of 168 in 1956.
Little St. Lawrence is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Corbin is a former settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Castor River North is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Bay St. George South is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador on the south coast of Bay St. George, a large bay on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland. Bay St. George South consists nine communities, namely Heatherton, Robinsons, Cartyville, McKay's, Jeffrey's, St. David's, St. Fintan's, Lock Leven en Highlands.
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