Venison Island

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Venison Island, as photographed by Edith Watson in August 1913
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Venison
Location of the Venison Island in Labrador
Geography
Location Labrador Sea
Coordinates 52°58′12″N55°46′30″W / 52.970°N 55.775°W / 52.970; -55.775
Area1 km2 (0.39 sq mi)
Highest elevation68 m (223 ft)
Administration
Canada
Province Newfoundland and Labrador

Venison Island is an island off of the coast of Labrador.

The island is separated from Stony Island by a narrow channel called Venison Tickle and measures 1200 m by 550 m. [1] The island once had a busy wharf and fishing community, a wireless telegraph station (code VI) [2] and a population of 36 year-round residents in 1901. [3]

References

  1. ↑ The Newfoundland (and Labrador) pilot. Admiralty Hydrogr. Dept. 1878. pp. 374–375.
  2. ↑ Wireless telegraph stations of the world. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Steam Engineering. 1907. p. 20.
  3. ↑ Census of Newfoundland and Labrador 1901. Vol. 1. Newfoundland Colonial Secretary's Office, Sir Robert Bond. 1901. p. 412.
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