NEW WORLD ISLAND: Located in Notre Dame Bay, to the west of Fogo Island and the Change Islands, the island is connected to the island of Newfoundland by a causeway. The ENL presents the following description of the island:

The Island is shaped somewhat like a cupped hand, with the fingers towards the cast and the thumb extended to the west. At the wrist the Curtis Causeway crosses Dildo Run to join the island to Chapel Island and to the Port Albert Peninsula, at Boyd's Cove.

In the palm, Friday Bay nearly bisects the Island, with the narrowest part between Virgin Arm and Dildo Run only 1 km (.6 mi) wide. South Twillingate Island extends into Friday Bay and was joined to New World Island by a causeway in 1973, providing New World Island with a road connection to Twillingate.

There are several harbours well situated for the inshore and nearshore fisheries, most especially in the area usually known as Herring Neck (where Goshen's Arm, Pike's Arm and Cobb's Arm form the "fingertips") and at Moreton's Harbour and Tizzard's Harbour to the west.

On the western side of the Island the communities of Valley Pond, Cottlesville and Summerford have, to a greater extent, traditionally been involved in the lobster, herring and salmon fisheries in the Bay of Exploits.

Since the 1980s sheltered bays and arms on the western side of the island (such as Puzzle Bay and Intricate Harbour, near Cottlesville) have been home to some of Newfoundland's earliest aquaculture operations.

According to Wikipedia contributors, "a prevailing theory holds that the island's name commemorates the 1523-24 expedition of Giovanni da Verrazzano that visited the coast of Newfoundland (among other places) and established the coast to be part of the New World rather than Asia".

Approximately 32 km by 12 km, it makes it one of the larger islands in the area, however whether or not it is the second largest of Newfoundland's offshore islands, after Fogo Island, as is stated in the ENL listing, is questionable, as Random Island is often given that designation, however, in terms of number of residents it definitively, given that there are more than 16 communities, quite populated.

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

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