Happy Adventure
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Happy Adventure is an outport village on the Eastport Peninsula in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. {{As of|2021}}, the population was 183.
Geography
Happy Adventure consists of three well-defined inlets known locally as of Upper Cove, Little Sandy Cove, and Lower Cove (which also contains a smaller attached cove known as Powell's Cove).
Etymology
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The origin of the village name is a matter of some controversy. According to local lore, the name, which was first referenced in 1817, could have had any one of three origins. Some speculate it is a reflection of the joyful experience of the first settlers in finding such a welcoming environs. Alternatively, it has been postulated that the community was named to commemorate a ship belonging to 17th-century pirate Peter Easton. Still others suggest the community was named by George Holbrook, a British Admiralty hydrographer. Holbrook surveyed Newman Sound in 1817 and sheltered in one of Happy Adventure's coves during a storm.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Happy Adventure had a population of {{val|183|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|59|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|113|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:183-200}}|200|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|200|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|9.62|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|118|9.62|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000210 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 15, 2022}}
See also
- List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Farley Mowat, Author of "The Boat Who Wouldn't Float". The boat's name is "Happy Adventure", also named in reference to the pirate ship mentioned above.
References
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External links
- [http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/eastport.html Family and Community Origins of the Eastport Peninsula]
- [http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns_enl/id/1186 Happy Adventure - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 2, p. 795-797.]
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