Elliott's Cove: From the Random Island Academy website, one learns that "Elliot's Cove and Snook's Harbour, were predominantly centred around quarrying of clay for brickmaking, the Smith brickyard at Snook's Harbour remaining in operation until 1952.

In later years shale has also been quarried on western Random Island to supply the Pelley brickyard (later Trinity Brick Products) at Milton, just across the causeway".

According to the ENL sources the Cove was settled in the 1850s by settlers who came from Trinity and Conception Bays, probably because of its proximity to the rich timber resources of Random Island.

It is likely that one of the first settlers had the family name of Elliot. The importance of logging is detailed in the following excerpt from Decks Awash:

Wood was needed for thousands of casks to hold cod and seal oil and salmon as well as for building boats, houses, merchant premises, flakes and stages, and of course, fuel.

After the fall fishery, men migrated to the heavily wooded areas deepe into the bay and spent the winters cutting wood. Random Island was a choice spot for this work because it was well wooded and centrally located.

Used with permission from "Uncovering the Origin of 1001 Unique Place Names in Newfoundland and Labrador" 2021 Jennifer Leigh Hill

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