Broad Cove, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland

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Location: Bay de Verde, Newfoundland, Canada

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early Families 1.2 Resources 2 Sources

History

Not to be confused with Broad Cove, Conception Bay South, now St. Phillips.

Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located in the Trinity-Conception Bay District north of Carbonear^[1].

The town was incorporated in 1968 by amalgamating the independent fishing villages of Small Point, Adam's Cove, Blackhead and Broad Cove. The neighbouring community of Kingston was originally part of the amalgamation, but withdrew in 1976.

The town had a population of 438 in the Canada 2006 Census.

Early Families

There were a number of interrelated families who lived in Broad Cove by 1750 including the Le Grows (LeGros) Kings, Butts, Janes (Jeans), Rumsey (Romirill). Powers (Poor). In his 1993 Cluff noted that there were two fishing stages mapped at Broad Cove by 1774, which may have belonged to Dennis Dunn and the five children of John LeGrow, resident there in 1776^[2]. By 1894 the LeGrow family had become the most important dealers and planters in Broad Cove. However, Cluff did not have access to all the material now available, all the families referenced above were important planters in the day. See Broad Cove One Place Study for information on early families Broad Cove, Newfoundland Colony One Place Study

Resources

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia entry for Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove. Accessed 2018.
2. ↑ Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, volume 5 p. 206-207, Poole, Cyril F. Cuff, Robert. Published 1994. Accessed 2018.