Three Arms

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Three Arms, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, is a small settlement founded in or about 1864. It is in Fogo and Twillingate District.

In the 1910s, the town had a population of about 140 people, with James Norris owning a fish cannery, fishing schooners, and the town's only store.{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/national-three-arms-newfoundland-stephen-norris-1.4892476| title = How a blast on a battlefield in France destroyed a Newfoundland town {{!}} CBC News}} Following the death of his son, Lieutenant Stephen Norris, in the First World War, he moved out of town and closed his businesses.{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/national-three-arms-newfoundland-stephen-norris-1.4892476| title = How a blast on a battlefield in France destroyed a Newfoundland town {{!}} CBC News}} The last residents of Three Arms left town in the 1940s. Today, the town is abandoned and the original buildings are no longer standing.{{cite web|access-date=2018-11-17|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/national-three-arms-newfoundland-stephen-norris-1.4892476|title=How a blast on a battlefield in France destroyed a Newfoundland town|date=2018-11-11|publisher=CBC News|author=David Common }}

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Category:Populated coastal places in Canada

Category:Populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador

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