Portland: Located a bit further north of Brooklyn, as mentioned earlier in the discussion about Portland Creek on the Great Northern Peninsula, it is believed that Cook gave "that" Portland community the name as it reminded him of Portland, England.

While it probably a good guess that that Cook was also named "this" Portland community after the same landmark in England, that is not confirmed in the ENL listing where it is stated that "the community takes its name from white rock visible from the sea, giving the shoreline a fanciful resemblance to Portland, England", with no reference to Cook.

Jamestown: Located at the end of Route 234, according to the information presented in the ENL, the area around Jamestown was "frequented by 'winter people' [i.e., in the "off-season" fishing season] from the mid 1800s, it was not actually settled permanently until the early 1870s, when a number of family came down from the Keels area, as well as Plate Clove and King's Cove.

Early names of settlers included Moss, Penney, Yetman Philpott, Hancock and Ricketts. Perhaps in the group there was someone with the first name of "James". In 1874, Jamestown appears in Census records as James Cove, the home to 58 residents.

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/PortlandNL