Abbot Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Abbott Cove is a bay and community in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
, Canada
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The 1913 McAlpine Gazeteer lists the community in Twillingate district and states that the nearest post town
is Fortune Harbour
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An 1884 pilot guide discusses an Abbot Cove in Notre Dame Bay
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Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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The 1913 McAlpine Gazeteer lists the community in Twillingate district and states that the nearest post town
Post town
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is Fortune Harbour
Fortune Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
Fortune Harbour is a bay and community in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.The 1913 McAlpine Gazeteer lists the community in Twillingate district:...
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An 1884 pilot guide discusses an Abbot Cove in Notre Dame Bay
Notre Dame Bay
Notre Dame Bay is a large bay in Newfoundland, Canada. To the south it adjoins the Bay of Exploits.The name, French for Our Lady Bay, dates to at least 1550, and is possibly a French translation of an earlier Portuguese name....
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- Eastern point, the extreme of a narrow promontory rising to a wooded cone, 390 feet high. Foul ground extends a short distance from the head, and sunken rocks encumber Abbot cove, the bight close east of Eastern point. A conspicuous hill, 435 feet high, falls perpendicularly to the head, where a small village is situated.