St. Fintan's: Located on the Crabbes (or Crabbs River) in the western part of the island, the community was known as Crabbes River Station.

According to material cited in the ENL, the station was settled in in the early 1900s, when railway employee Bill Quilty moved there. "In addition to railway employees, other early settlers included the families of telegraph operators and surveyors, a few farmers and Joseph Halbot, who moved there from Sandy Point in 1917 to open a general store.

Many of these settlers were Roman Catholic and in 1931 the station became the seat of St. Columcille's parish and the community was renamed to honour the former Bishop of St. George's, Michael Fintan Power". The town of Crabbes is now known as St. David's (see Crabbes)

From the ENL: Power, Michael Fintan (1877 1920). Roman Catholic Bishop of St. George's. Born St. John's, son of Margaret (Kelly) and Michael Power. Educated St. Bonaventure's College; St. Francis Xavier College; Propaganda College, Rome.

On March 10, 1906, after six years of study in Rome, Power was ordained a priest, and in that year was appointed parish priest at Harbour Breton.

A talented writer and speaker, he was chosen as a young man to succeed Bishop McNeil. On July 25, 1911, he was consecrated in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. In spite of increasingly frail health, the Bishop built new churches and schools, and worked for religious tolerance in the area, which included Burgeo, Baie d'Espoir and communities as far eastward as Garnish.

He oversaw the creation of new parishes in St. Alban's and Lourdes and saw an increase of the work of the Sisters of Mercy in the diocese. Power died during a visit to Sydney, Nova Scotia, and was buried in St. George's.

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

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