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Jennifer Howlett
Many place names in Newfoundland have changed over the years. The following is a list compiled from information supplied by Cal Best, Head, Genealogical Collection, Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador and Leslie Winsor, Co-editor, The Newfoundland Ancestor. This list represents some of the changes in Newfoundland place names. The old name appears on the left, and the new on the right.
| Old Name | New Name |
|---|---|
| Admiral's Cove | Port Kirwin |
| Alderburn | Norris Arm North |
| Alexis Bay | Port Hope Simpson |
| Allan's Island | Lamaline |
| Aspen Cove (Random Island) | Petley |
| Aspen Cove, TB | Aspen |
| Back Harbour | Twillingate |
| Back Lands | O'Regans |
| Bank Head | St. Theresa's |
| Barren Island | Bar Haven |
| Bay Bulls Arm | Sunnyside |
| Bayside, WB | Hampden |
| Bear Cove, ND | Silverton |
| Beaumont | Lushes Bight |
| Bellman's Cove | Port au Port/Aguathuna/Felix Cove |
| Bennett's Island | Wesleyville |
| Best's Harbour | Tack's Beach |
| Big Beaver Cove | Beaverton, NDB |
| Birchville | Springdale East |
| Birchy Cove | Curling |
| Birchy Head | Glenburnie |
| Bird Island Cove | Elliston |
| Bishop's Harbour | Salvage |
| Blackhead, CB | Small Point |
| Bloody Bay | Alexander Bay |
| Blow Me Down | Lark Harbour |
| Boat Harbour | Brookside |
| Bonaventure | New Bonaventure |
| Botwoodville | Botwood |
| Boyd's Cove | Fairbank |
| Britannia Cove | Britannia |
| Broad Cove, BB | Duntara |
| Broad Cove, CB | St. Phillip's |
| Broad Cove, PB | Merasheen |
| Broad Cove, Renews | Cappahayden |
| Broad Cove, TB | Somerset |
| Brookfield | Wesleyville |
| Broom's Bottom | York Harbour |
| Brow, The | Shea Heights |
| Bulley's Cove | King's Point |
| Bumble Bee Bight | Pilley's Island |
| Burgeo, PB | Chambers |
| Burnt Island, PB | Port Anne |
| Butler's Cove | Leading Tickles West |
| Cable John Cove | Lancaster/Spillars Cove |
| Caine's Island | Rose Blanche |
| Calmer | Point May |
| Cannon's Cove | Canning's Cove |
| Caplin Bay | Calvert |
| Caplin Cove | Capelin Cove |
| Caplin Cove, Ferryland | St. Michael's |
| Card's Harbour | Triton |
| Cat Harbour | Lumsden |
| Cat's Cove | Avondale |
| Chance Harbour | Chanceport |
| Chance Harbour Head | Bridgeport |
| Chapel Cove, CB | Harbour Main |
| Colliers Bay, TB | Thornlea |
| Coombs Cove | St Jacques/Coombs Cove |
| Cooper's Cove | Tacks Beach |
| Cottels Island | St. Brendans |
| Crab's | Crabbes |
| Railway Station near Crabbes | Crabbes East |
| Railway Station Between Crabbe Brook and Highlands | Crabbes West |
| Crawley's Cove | Curson Village |
| Cuckhold's Cove, TB | Dunfield |
| Cull's Island | Leading Tickles West |
| Curzon | Woody Point |
| Daniel's Cove, TB | Waterville |
| Dark Tickle | Brighton |
| Davidsville | Main Point |
| Devil's Cove | Job's Cove |
| Distress Cove, PB | St. Brides |
| Doating Cove | Musgrave Harbour |
| Dog Bay | Horwood |
| Famish Gut | Fairhaven |
| Farmer's Arm | Summerford |
| Felix Cove | Port au Port |
| Foster's Point | Weybridge |
| Fourche | Williamsport |
| Fox Cove, BB | Templeman |
| Fox Harbour, FB | St. Bernard's |
| Fox Harbour, TB | Southport |
| Fox Island, FB | Isle Galet |
| Frank's Point | Makkovik |
| Fridays Bay | Chanceport |
| Gallows Cove, SS | Witless Bay |
| Gallows Cove, SMB | St. Joseph's |
| Garden Cove | L'Anse aux Meadows |
| Gargamelle | Port aux Choix |
| Gleeson's Cove | O''Donnell's |
| Glendale | Mt. Pearl |
| Goddenville | Spaniard''s Bay |
| Goose Bay | Happy Valley/Goose Bay |
| Granby Island | Indian Bight |
| Grand Falls Station | Windsor |
| Grandfather's Cove | Little Harbour Deep |
| Grand River | Gillisport |
| Grand River Gut | Searston |
| Gravels, The | Port au Port West |
| Great Chance Hr. | Bridgeport, ND |
| Great Placentia | Placentia |
| Greenspond | Williamsport |
| Griquet | St. Lunaire/Griquet |
| Gulch | St. Mary's |
| HaHa, Harbour | Raleigh |
| Harbour Grace Junction | Whitbourne |
| Harbour Le Cou | Rose Blanche/Harbour le Cou |
| Harcourt | Hollingside |
| Hayward's Cove | St. Brendan's |
| Heart's Ease | Little Hearts Ease |
| Holyrood, PB | St Vincent's |
| Horse Cove | St. Thomas |
| Indian Arm | Summerville |
| Indian Bight | Little Bay Town |
| Indian Head | Mattis Point |
| Island Cove | Dunfield |
| Island Cove, TB | Islington |
| Jack Lane's Bay | Hopedale |
| Jack of Clubs Cove | Port au Port |
| Jack''s Cove | Great Harbour Deep |
| James Cove | Jamestown |
| Jenkins Cove | Durrel |
| Jewel Point | Double Harbour |
| Jiggin Cove | Harbour Buffett |
| Jim's Cove | Triton |
| John the Bay | Jean de Baie |
| John's Beach | Halfway Point |
| Jude Island | Flat Islands, PB |
| Juniper Point | Rigolet |
| Juniper Stump | Makinsons |
| Kauk Bight | Nain |
| Kearney's Cove | Long Island, PB |
| Kiar's Cove | Black Island, PB |
| Killick Island | Botwood |
| Killick Point | Rigolet |
| King's Cove, TB | Milton |
| Kirby's Cove | Burin |
| L'Anse au Canards | Black Duck Brook |
| L''Hermittee | Hermitage/Sandyville |
| La Haye | Gaskiers/Point La Haye |
| Lakeview | Harbour Main |
| Lance Cove, TB | Lancaster |
| Lance Cove South | Brownsdale |
| Langdon's Cove | Jackson's Cove |
| Leading Tickles | Leading Tickles West |
| Lee's Bight | Adeytown |
| Limeville (Aguathuna) | Port au Port West |
| Little Beaver Cove | Port Albert |
| Little Brehat | Great Brehat |
| Little Chance Harbour | Chance Port |
| Little Placentia, PB | Argentia |
| Little River Section | St. Andrew's |
| Little River, SC | Grey River |
| Little Seldom | Seldom/Little Seldom |
| Lodge Bay | Cape St. Charles |
| Long Cove | Norman's Cove/Long Cove |
| Long Cove | Loreburn |
| Long Island | Lushes Bight |
| Loo Cove | Port Nelson |
| Loons Cove | Lewins Cove |
| Loretto | Cape St. George |
| Lories | Point May |
| Lower Gullies | Riverdale |
| Lower Rocky Brook | Clifton |
| Lower Sandy Point | Harcourt |
| Lower Wolf Cove | Springdale |
| Lukes Arm | Cottlesville |
| Lynch's Cove | Morrisville/ Morrison |
| Maberly | Elliston |
| Maddox Cove | Petty Harbour |
| Mann Point | Mann Point/Davidsville |
| Marble Mountain | Patricia Mountain |
| Marches Point | Cape St. George |
| Margaree | Fox Roost/Margaree |
| Mercer's Cove | Brunette |
| Middle Bight | Codner |
| Middle Cove | Logy Bay |
| Mills Siding | Shoal Harbour |
| Mitchell's Brook | Mt. Carmel |
| Mock Beggar | Bonavista |
| Mon Jambe, FB | Mozambros |
| Mortier | Fox Cove/Mortier |
| Mosquito | Bristol's Hope |
| Mother Ixx's (Hicks) | Regina |
| Mt. Arlington Heights | Long Harbour/Mt. Arlington Heights |
| Mouse Island | Channel/Port aux Basques |
| Mozambros, FB | Mose Ambrose |
| Mud Cove | Wandsworth |
| Mud Cove, PB | St. Lawrence |
| Muddy Hole | Musgrave Harbour |
| Murphy's Cove | Lomond |
| Mussell Harbour | Port Royal |
| Mussell Harbour Arm | Kingwell |
| Newfoundland Airport | Gander |
| New Burnt Cove | New Burn |
| New Harbour | Norton |
| New Harbour, BB | Newport |
| New Harbour, ND | ComfortCove/Newstead |
| New Salvage | Eastport |
| New Stead | Comfort Cove/Newstead |
| Newtown | Port Anson |
| Northern Bight | Hillview |
| North Side, Norris Arm | Alderburn |
| NW Arm, Bonavista B. | Sweet Bay |
| NW Arm, Trinity | Lockston |
| NW Arm, New Bay | Osmondton |
| NW Arm, Green Bay | Burlington |
| NW Arm, Sweet Bay | Winterbrook |
| Old Tilt | Ivanhoe |
| Outer Cove | Logy Bay |
| Pardy's Island | Burin |
| Paynes's Cove, WC | Stanleyville |
| Peters Arm, ND | Botwoodville |
| Petit Jardin | Cape St. George |
| Piper's Hole, PB | Swift Current |
| Point La Haye | Gaskiers/Point La Haye |
| Pool's Island, BB | Badger''s Quay |
| Port au Port East | Berry Head |
| Ragged Harbour, TB | Melrose |
| Ragged Harbour, Fogo | Pinsent |
| Railway Stn, Goose Bay | Lethbridge |
| Ram's Island, PB | Iona |
| Rattling Brook | Heatherton |
| Red Head Beach | Clarenville |
| Riverhead, Bay of Islands | Humbermouth |
| Riverhead,WB | Hampden |
| Robin Hood, TB | Port Rexton |
| Rocky Bay | Carmanville |
| Rocky Brook, TB | Monroe |
| Russell's Cove, TB | New Melbourne |
| Salmon Cove, TB | Champney's |
| Salmon Cove, CB | Avondale |
| Salvage Bay | Eastport |
| Sandy Point, TB | Harcourt |
| Scilly Cove | Winterton |
| Scissor's Cove | Stanhope |
| Seal Cove, BB | Princeton |
| Seal Cove, Friday's Bay | Hillgrade |
| Seal Cove, Trinity S | New Chelsea |
| Seal Cove, near Stephenville Crossing | Rothsay |
| Settlement near South Brook | Pasadena |
| Settlement 4.5 miles west of Eastport | Sandringham |
| Ship Cove | St. Alban's |
| Ship Cove, Trinity N. | Port Rexton |
| Shoal Bay, BB | Wellington |
| Shoal Bay, TB | Cavendish |
| Shoal Brook, Bonne Bay | Glenburnie |
| Sibley's Cove, PB | Prowseton |
| Small Point | Kingston |
| Snook's Brook, TB | Barton |
| Spoon Cove, PB | Epworth |
| South West Arm, Catalina | Port Union |
| Southside Dog Bay | Horwood |
| Southwest Arm, New Bay | Point Leamington |
| Southwest Island, BB | Charleston |
| Southwest Pacquet | Woodstock |
| Spaniard's Bay | Spaniard's Cove |
| Squid Tickle, BB | Burnside |
| St. Jones, TB | St. Jones Without & St. Jones Within |
| Tilton Harbour | Tilting |
| Toad's Cove | Tors Cove |
| Turk's Gut, Brigus | Marysvale |
| Twillingate South | Durrel |
| Upper Lance Cove, TB | Petley |
| Upper and Middle Rocky Brook | Monroe |
| Upper and Lower Rocky Pond Brook | Clifton |
| Valleyfield | Badger's Quay |
| Victoria Village | Victoria |
| Ward's Harbour | Beaumont North |
| Wellington | Dover |
| Western Bay , Fogo | Carmanville |
| Western Cove, WB | Westport |
| Witless Bay, TB | Whiteway |
| Woods Islands | Innismara |
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This page was last updated: Tuesday - 21th November, 2006.