Happy Adventure
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Happy Adventure is an outport village on the Eastport Peninsula in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. since 2021[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the population was 183.[1]
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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Demographics
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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
- Family and Community Origins of the Eastport Peninsula
- Happy Adventure - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 2, p. 795-797.
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