Happy Adventure

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Happy Adventure
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Happy Adventure
Location of Happy Adventure in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 48°38′10″N53°45′35″W / 48.63611°N 53.75972°W / 48.63611; -53.75972
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland and Labrador
Census division No. 7
Population
 (2021) [1]
  Total118
Time zone UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
  Summer (DST) UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code 709
Highways NL Route 310.svg Route 310

Happy Adventure is an outport village on the Eastport Peninsula in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 2021, the population was 118. [1]

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Geography

Happy Adventure consists of three well-defined inlets known locally as of Upper Cove, Little Sandy Cove, and Lower Cove (which also contains a smaller attached cove known as Powell's Cove).

Etymology

The origin of the village name is a matter of some controversy. According to local lore, the name, which was first referenced in 1817, could have had any one of three origins. Some speculate it is a reflection of the joyful experience of the first settlers in finding such a welcoming environs. Alternatively, it has been postulated that the community was named to commemorate a ship belonging to 17th-century pirate Peter Easton. Still others suggest the community was named by George Holbrook, a British Admiralty hydrographer. Holbrook surveyed Newman Sound in 1817 and sheltered in one of Happy Adventure's coves during a storm.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Happy Adventure had a population of 118 living in 59 of its 113 total private dwellings, a change of

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.