Glovertown: Located in northeastern Newfoundland, in Bonavista Bay, this community was first called Bloody Bay, referring to the massacre of a family of Beothuks.

It was renamed Alexander Bay before it finally became Glovertown, after Sir John Hawley Glover who served as Governor of Newfoundland from 1876 to 1881 and from 1883 to 1885.

According to ENL sources, the modem-day community of Glovertown, includes Alexander Bay (Northwest Arm), Rosedale, Angle Brook, Norton Cove, Saunders Cove, Glovertown North, Glovertown Central and Glovertown South, and as such, the population is fairly substantial.

In 2016 there were 2,083 residents, compared to 2,122 (a 1.6% decrease) that lived there in 2011. The town's population stretches around the middle arm of Alexander Bay from Saunder's Cove on the north shore to Glovertown.

South on the south shore, with the greatest concentration of population in Glovertown Central, at the entrance to the Terra Nova River. Glovers Harbour, a logging and fishing community located in Notre Dame Bay, near Leading Tickles, is also named after Sir Glover.

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

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