Indian Cove Explained

Indian Cove is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is just off Route 340 on New World Island. It is the last community before crossing the causeway to Twillingate. Before the construction of the causeway, there was a ferry that ran from Indian Cove to Twillingate. Education is provided by New World Island Academy in Summerford and grocery shopping can be done in nearby Twillingate.

Geography

Indian Cove is in Newfoundland within Subdivision H of Division No. 8.^[1]

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Indian Cove recorded a population of 65 living in 23 of its 30 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 65. With a land area of 2.13km2, it had a population density of in 2016.^[2]

Government

Indian Cove is a local service district (LSD)^[3] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.^[4] The chair of the LSD committee is Sheldon Hollett.^[3]

References

49.5989°N -54.6753°W

Notes and References

Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador) . . February 7, 2018 . December 23, 2021.
Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador) . . February 7, 2018 . December 22, 2021.
Web site: Directory of Local Service Districts . Government of Newfoundland and Labrador . October 2021 . January 1, 2022.
Web site: Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions . Government of Newfoundland and Labrador . January 1, 2022.