Trinny Cove: Like Rantem, this community has been abandoned. From the ENL, one can see that the community has been known by a number of names:

Trinny Cove does not appear to have been settled at an early date, but was probably frequented by migratory fishermen. In 1680 the cove was noted on Visscher's map as Trinity Cove, but in 1772 Michael Lane recorded it as Tinny Cove.

In later documents the area was known as Tilly Cove, Turney Cove or Frenny's Cove. Like Fair Haven, Trinny Cove, appears to have been settled in the early 1800s.

[Rev.] Edward Wix held services there in 1835 for Christopher Dix and his family of 12, described by the missionary as "an attentive congregation".

A total of 56 people were living at Trinny Cove, Fair Haven and Pinch Cove in 1836. With Brine's Island, Trinny had 32 Roman Catholic residents in 1845. The Cove then seems to have been abandoned for some years as it does not appear in the Census again until 1884.

In that year, six people, all belonging to the Church of England, occupied two dwellings and were involved in fishing and farming. By 1901 the entire population was Methodist.

Family names in 1921 were Thorne and Crann. The Cove was deserted by 1935, coinciding with a general population decrease in inner Placentia Bay, and Trinny families may have joined the growing community of Fair Haven.

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

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