Official Name: | Cook's Harbour |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Newfoundland#Canada |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Area Land Km2: | 1.95 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 118 |
Population Density Km2: | 62.9 |
Utc Offset: | -3:30 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -2:30 |
Coordinates: | 51.6033°N -55.8711°W |
Cook's Harbour is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 123 in the Canada 2016 Census.[1] The population as of 2021 was 118 (including Wild Bight and Boat Harbour) but the population has been decreasing ever since then. Cook’s Harbour is about 45 minutes away from St. Anthony NL and 6 hours from Corner Brook NL.
The school in Cook's Harbour is called James Cook Memorial there are 2 students in the school as of 2024.
Cook's Harbour was named by Captain James Cook in 1764, during his survey of Newfoundland.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cook's Harbour had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.94km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]