Nameless Cove
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32 MAIN RD
Nameless Cove, A0K 2N0


Newfoundland Tourism Region : Western


Nameless Cove: Just of the highway between Flower's Cove and Savage Cove Nameless Cove is a small community of 69 residents. Christopher Mitchelmore, a member of Parliament for the area wrote, on his website the following about how Nameless Cove got it "name".

I think it was Shakespeare's Juliet in a soliloquy, who asked "What's in a Name?" We'll let me tell you...

As you leave the paved highway in Nameless Cove and trek onto a gravel route at Nameless Cove point you will be able to have a closer view of Flower's Island and its beautiful lighthouse.

The first lightkeeper was Peter Flower, thus naming the island and became the name of the adjacent community, Flower's Cove (now Nameless Cove).

Here is the background story on how Nameless Cove, came to be. The Municipality of Flower's Cove was formerly French Island Harbour. After the treaty and the French presence left, the larger community opted to use the name Flower's Cove, thus, leaving the former Flower's Cove - Nameless.

If you asked Captain Cook how it got its name, you might have received a different explanation, for, according to information presented in the ENL there are many who categorically state that Cook gave the community its name.

Nameless Cove vs. Mistaken Cove: Located on the west coast of the Great Northem Peninsula, both of these coves, now considered to be part of Flower's Cove, were named by Captain James Cook, in 1764.

While Flower Cove does not appear on the 1775 map, Flower Ledge (a ledge being a ridge of rocks, typically just under the water, i.c., an obvious nautical danger) does. According to the 2016 Census, the population of Flower's Cove area currently stands at 270 (plus 69 residents in Nameless Cove).

In August, 2019 the community celebrated Come Home Year, and over 400 former residents traveled to "come home" from as far away as Florida and Virginia in the USA and Alberta and British Columbia in Canada.

Imagine, if some one asked you "Where ya long's to?" and having to reply, "Nameless Cove" or "Mistaken Cove".

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/NamelessCove



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