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Newfoundland Tourism Region : Eastern
Located on the east side of Paradise Sound, a long inlet that extends from Southeast Bight, the town was formerly known as Paradise Sound but was renamed in honour of an early settler William Monk, a Davis Island fisherman of Irish extraction who settled there in the 1850s.
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/Monkstown