Hawke Island

This article is about the Canadian island. For the New Zealand island, see Hawke's Island .

Hawke Island

Hawke Island
Geography
Coordinates	53°03′N55°50′W / 53.05°N 55.83°W / 53.05; -55.83
Administration
Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador

Hawke Island is a small island off of the coast of Labrador. There is a harbour on the east side of the island named Hawke Harbour, or sometimes Hawke Bay. ^[1] The Newfoundland Whaling Company operated a whaling station in Hawke Harbour in the late 1930s. ^[2] Other inlets include Eagle Cove and Caplin Bay. ^[3]

References

1. The London General Gazetteer, or Geographical Dictionary. W. Baynes & Son. 1825. p. 392.
2. Dickinson, Anthony Bertram; Sanger, Chesley W. (2005). Twentieth-century shore-station whaling in Newfoundland and Labrador. McGill-Queen's Press.
3. Blunt, George William (1847). The American coast pilot. Edmund and George W. Blunt. p.  4.