Green Island Cove vs Green Island Brook: Located side-by-side, obviously take their name after a nearby island, known as Green Island.

The following descriptions come from the NP website: A fishing settlement situated along a wide bight on the southeast shore of the Strait of Belle Isle, Green Island Cove, also known as Green Island Harbour, takes its name from the small grassy island located 1.3 km [.81 mi) offshore from the cove.

This island, which provides shelter and a fair anchorage between the island and the mainland, was so named because it was agreeable in color to the name it bears.

Captain James Cook labeled both Green Island Brook to the north and Green Island cove in 1764.

Green Island Cove was first settled by Englishmen who came to the coast in the 1870s by way of fishing rooms and mercantile premises at Forteau and Anchor Point.

According to oral tradition the Coates Family, who had come from England, established special squatters' rights to Green Island Brook for the prosecution of the salmon fishery.

Green Island Cove was originally established as a sealing and furring post, one of a string of such posts established along the Newfoundland shore of the Strait of Belle Isle by the Genge family based at Anchor Point.

Green Island Brook: According to the NP website Green Island Brook was named for the brook which runs through the community on its way to the Strait of Belle Isle.

It is believed that the community was settled "in the 1880s by two families named Macey and Noseworthy between the older settlements of Green Island Cove and Eddies Cove East, although there is evidence that the site was seasonally occupied before this time".

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

Address of this page: http://nl.ruralroutes.com/GreenIslandCove