Ireland's Eye, Newfoundland and Labrador

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Ireland's Eye
Location of Ireland's Eye in Newfoundland

Ireland's Eye is a ghost town on an island off the northeast corner of Random Island in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada [1] . It is accessible only by boat. A way office was established in 1886. The first waymaster was Thomas Cooper. The schooner Annie E. Conrad ran aground here on 16 July 1929. There was a post office between 1941 and 1965. [2] The population was 92 people in 1956. The community was resettled on October 12, 1965.

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48°13′N53°30′W / 48.217°N 53.500°W / 48.217; -53.500

  1. Mills, A.; Sandeman, H. (2021). "Lithostratigraphy and lithogeochemistry of Ediacaran alkaline basaltic rocks of the Musgravetown Group, Bonavista Peninsula, northeastern Newfoundland, Canada: An extensional volcanogenic basin in the type-Avalon terrane". Atlantic Geology. 57: 207–234. doi:10.4138/atlgeol.2021.010.
  2. Library and Archives Canada, "Post Offices and Postmasters" Archived 2012-10-10 at the Wayback Machine

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