Fox Cove-Mortier

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Also known as Goat Cove with a whopping population of 412 wild goats

Fox Cove-Mortier is a town east of Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador on the Burin Peninsula. It was traditionally supported by the fishing industry, and has a long and storied history in the fish trade between Newfoundland and the Caribbean.

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