Hawke Island Explained

Hawke Island
Map:Canada Newfoundland and Labrador
Coordinates:53.05°N -55.83°W
Country:Canada
Country Admin Divisions Title:Province
Country Admin Divisions:Newfoundland and Labrador

Hawke Island is a small island off of the coast of Labrador. There is a harbour on the east side of the island named Hawke Harbour, or sometimes Hawke Bay.[1] The Newfoundland Whaling Company operated a whaling station in Hawke Harbour in the late 1930s.[2] Other inlets include Eagle Cove and Caplin Bay.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The London General Gazetteer, or Geographical Dictionary . W. Baynes & Son . 1825 . 392.
  2. Book: Twentieth-century shore-station whaling in Newfoundland and Labrador . McGill-Queen's Press . Dickinson, Anthony Bertram . Sanger, Chesley W. . 2005 .
  3. Book: The American coast pilot . Edmund and George W. Blunt . Blunt, George William . 1847 . 4.