Hodge's Cove: Hodge's Cove, also called Hodge's Hole was settled in the mid 1800s.
From the SWAHS website: The origin of the name [of Hodge's Cove] may never be ascertained. It is widely accepted that decades before actual permanent settlement occurred, there were people who came to this cove, primarily to avail of the forest resource.

Indeed, it is conceivable that not all of these visitors eventually settled here.

Thus, it is quite possible that the name of one of these earlier visitors who didn't stay was the one that became associated with the community.

Among the several theories there are relating to how the place got its name are these:

HODGE may have been a corruption of the surname Hodgions, a man who lived at Heart's Ease Beach for a while and possibly had spent some time farther up South West Arm.

It has been noted that a John Hodge lived at Trinity; and another (same one?) lived at Kelligrews. Might the name Hodge's Hole (the name of the settlement before it became known as Hodge's Cove, c. 1883) had been derived from either of these?

When asked about the origin of the name, Obediah Higgins (1892-1985), who was born at Hodge's Cove about thirty years after the community was settled and who lived there his ninety-plus years, related to Eric Stringer a story, the gist of which follows:

One spring there was a man walking up over the pond on the ice. He met another man who was carrying a 'turn' of trout wrapped in a canvas jacket.

When asked where he got the trout, the reply came, 'Up in Hodge's Hole."

Local residents may be aware of the many pools where Hodge's Cove Brook runs into the pond.

These have always been prime places for catching trout. Whether the previous account was one of oral tradition, and not based in fact, is anyone's guess. However, the explanation was given in good faith by Mr. Higgins..

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

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