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The Terra Nova River is a river in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
It drains an area in the centre of the island of Newfoundland, discharging into Bonavista Bay at Glovertown.
The Terra Nova River passes through the northern end of Terra Nova National Park, which derives its name from the river. The river also has a healthy run of Atlantic Salmon.
Coordinates: 48°40′18″N54°00′05″W / 48.67167°N 54.00139°W
Appleton is a town in the northeastern part of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Terra Nova or Terranova may refer to:
Terra Nova National Park is located on the east coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, along several inlets of Bonavista Bay. The park takes its name from the Latin name for Newfoundland; it is also the original Portuguese name given to the region.
Terra Nova was a whaler and polar expedition ship. She is best known for carrying the 1910 British Antarctic Expedition, Robert Falcon Scott's last expedition.
Happy Adventure is an outport village on the Eastport Peninsula in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 2016, the population was 200.
The Eastport Peninsula is a small extension of land into the central part of Bonavista Bay in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The peninsula is adjacent to Terra Nova National Park and contains seven small communities: Eastport, Happy Adventure, Sandy Cove, Salvage, St. Chad's, Burnside and Sandringham.
Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is located on the island of Newfoundland, along St. George's Bay, on the Port au Port Peninsula. The DPL consists of the fishing villages of Abraham's Cove and Piccadilly.
Eastport is a long-popular Newfoundland vacation destination on the Eastport Peninsula. Eastport is located on the north-eastern border of Terra Nova National Park and is known for its sandy beaches, scenery and traditional Newfoundland outport heritage.
Bonavista Bay (BB) is a large bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. It opens directly onto the Atlantic Ocean.
Terra Nova is a village located southwest of Glovertown on the island of Newfoundland. It was served by the Canadian National Railway in the 1950s. The population in 2006 was 68, this from an historic low of just 28 in 1996. By 2016, the population had risen to 73, down slightly from the total of 83 recorded in 2011. There is a sizable leisure and summer population here seasonally as well as the stable permanent population. This community is a local service district, non tax district.
Georgetown is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is southeast of Bay Roberts. It had a population of 166 in 1956.
Merasheen Island is an island in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. With a length of approximately 35 km and a width at its widest point of 9 km, it is situated about 6 km from Presque. It is the largest island in the Placentia Bay.
Newville is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador on New World Island. Route 340 in Newfoundland runs through the community.
Salvage is a town located on the Eastport Peninsula of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 124 in the Canada 2016 Census.
Bunyan's Cove is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Buchans Junction is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the central part of the island of Newfoundland. It is on the banks of Mary March River near where the Mary March River flows into the northeast end of Red Indian Lake. The community is on a site first known as "Four Mile Siding" on the railway which was constructed in 1900 to connect the community of Millertown to the Newfoundland Railway at Millertown Junction. The site itself became a rail junction in 1927 when Asarco subsidiary, the Buchans Mining Company, completed a rail link from the newly formed mining town of Buchans. Ever since 1927, even after the Buchans Railway closed in 1977, the community has been known as "Buchans Junction."
Benton is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Labrador wolf is a subspecies of gray wolf native to Labrador and northern Quebec. It has been described as ranging in color from dark grizzly-gray to almost white, and of being closely related to the Newfoundland wolf. This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005).
Patrick's Cove-Angels Cove is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on the Cape Shore of the Avalon Peninsula. The area was first settled by James Coffey in the early 19th century. Coffey had moved to Newfoundland from County Waterford, Ireland to work at Placentia's Saunders and Sweetman firm. Sweetman's firm had sent some of their employees outward from Placentia to start farms in which to supply Sweetman's with produce. Coffey became the first resident of this community.
Lloyd K. Parrott is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2019 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Terra Nova as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Party. He was re-elected in the 2021 provincial election.