District Index

West Coast Region ~ Bay of Islands District

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List of Communities in the Bay of Islands

**HISTORICAL WRITINGS AND PLACE HISTORIES**
Treaty of Utrecht 1713 Treaty of Paris 1763 Captain Samuel Thompson 1763 Treaty of Versailles 1783 Thomas White 'Census' 1808 Rev Edward Wix Background Journal 1835 Joseph Beete Jukes BOI Excursion Journal 1839 Joseph Beete Jukes BOI List of Inhabitants 1839 Bishop Edward Feild's BOI Journal 1849 Bishop Edward Feild's List of BOI Inhabitants 1849 Father Alexis Bélanger 1850s-1860s Bay of Islands and Woods Island Clergy, 1800s - Seal Rocks Fire Aide, 1900 Licensed Guides in Newfoundland in 1911 Bay of Islands Surnames Bay of Islands Place Name Changes Mount Moriah Old photo of Brake's Cove, Corner Brook

**LOVELL'S DIRECTORY 1871**
Bay of Islands

**JOURNAL OF THE COUNCIL 1873**
Little Harbour (Petit Port) / Petit Port

**McALPINE'S DIRECTORY 1894 - 1895**
Apsey Beach / Bakan Cove / Ballantyne Cove / Bateau Cove / Benoit's Cove / Birchy Cove / Blo' Mi Don / Child's Point / Clark's Beach / Cook's Cove / Corner Brook / Crabbs / Crow head / Deer Lake / Frenchman's Cove / Gillam / Goose Arm / Half Way Point / Irish Town / John's Beach / Lark Harbour / Little Port / Long Cove / McIvers / Meadows / Middle Arm / Pearl Island / Petrie Valley / Pleasant Cove / River Head / Riverhead / Sandy Lake & St. George's Bay / Serpentine River / Shoal Point / Sprucy Point / Summerside / Vey's Beach / Woods Island / York Harbour

**McALPINE'S DIRECTORY 1898**
Apsey Beach / Ballantyne Cove / Bateau Cove / Benoit Cove / Birchy Cove / Blow-Me-Down / Child's Point / Cook's Cove / Corner Brook / Court House / Crabb's / Deer Lake / Frenchman's Cove / Giles Point / Gillam's / Glide Brook / Grand Lake / Grand Pond / Halfway Point / Hugh's Brook / Humber Valley / Irish Town / John's Beach / Lark Harbour / Little Harbour / McIver's / Meadows / Petrie Valley / Pleasant Cove / Pleasant View / Riverhead / Shoal Point / South Arm / Sprucey Point / Summerside / Upper Crabbs / Vey's Beach / Wood's Island / York Harbour

**McALPINE'S DIRECTORY 1904**
Bannatyne Cove / Benoit's Cove / Birchy Cove / Blow Me Down / Bottle Cove / Charles Point / Cooks Cove / Cook's Pond / Corner Brook / Crabb's / Deer Lake / Frenchman's Cove / Geld's Point / Georges Pond / Gillam's / Grand Pond / Halfway Point / Howley / Hugh's Brook / Humber River / Irishtown / John's Beach / Lark Harbor / Little Harbor / McIver's Cove / Meadows / Middle Arm / Petrie Valley / Petrie's Crossing / Pleasant Cove / Riverhead / Summerside / Valley Road / Wood's Island / York Harbor

**NEWFOUNDLAND CENSUS 1921**
Benoit's Cove / Bottle Cove / Brake's Cove / Child's Point / Chimney Cove / Cook's Brook / Corner Brook / Cox's Cove / Crabbs / Curling / Deer Lake / Frenchman's Cove / Goose Arm / Grand Lake / Halfway Point / Howley / Hughes Brook / Humbermouth / Innismara / Irish Town / John's Beach / Lark Harbour / Little Harbour / Little Port / McCarthy's / Mount Moriah / Nicholasville / North Arm / Penguin Arm / Petries / Summerside / Thibault Cove / Voy's Beach / Woman Cove / Wood's Island Harbour / York Harbour

**NEWFOUNDLAND CENSUS 1935**
Corner Brook East: Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6 / Part 7 / Part 8 Corner Brook West: Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6 / Part 7 / Part 8 / Part 9 / Part 10 / Part 11 Curling: Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 Deer Lake: Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / West Humbermouth: Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 Cooks Brook, Halfway Point, Benoits Cove, Johns Beach, Voyes Beach, Frenchmans Cove: Part 1 / Part 2 Lark Harbour, Batteau Cove, Little Port, Chimney Cove, York Harbour: Part 1 / Part 2 Brakes Cove / Chimney Cove / Coxes Cove / Georgetown / Gillams / Halcyon / Howley / Hughes Brook / Innismara / Irishtown / Junction Brook / Kitty's Brook / Lake Siding / Little Harbour / McIvers / Meadows / Mount Moriah Part 1 / Mount Moriah Part 2 / Nicholsville / Pasadena / Penguin Arm / Petries I / Petries II / Pynn's Brook / Rocky Brook / South Brook / Summerside / Upper Humber / Woods Island Harbor

**NEWFOUNDLAND CENSUS 1945**
Corner Brook: Part 01 / Part 02 / Part 03 / Part 04 / Part 05 / Part 06 / Part 07 / Part 08 / Part 09 / Part 10 Part 11 / Part 12 / Part 13 / Part 14 / Part 15 / Part 16 / Part 17 / Part 18 / Part 19 / Part 20 Batteau Cove / Bennoite's Cove / Curling I / Curling II / Frenchman's Cove / Georgetown / Gillams / Halfway Point / Irishtown / John's Beach / Lark Harbour / McIvers / Meadows / Mount Moriah / Petries / Summerside / Voy's Beach / Woods Island Harbor / York Harbour

**MISSING CENSUS AND DIRECTORIES**
We are seeking contributions of missing records, please contact the district coordinator.

**HEADSTONE AND CEMETERY DATA**
Selected Headstone Photographs: Townsite Cemetery Corner Brook Our Lady of the Sea Benoit's Cove Mount Patricia Wild Cove, Corner Brook Anglican Church: Brake's Cove I (Cox's Cove) 1935-1954 Brake's Cove II (Cox's Cove) 1886-1914 Brake's Cove Station Road (Humbermouth) Corner Brook 1800s Epiphany McIvers 1918 - Holy Trinity Main Road (R. 440), Meadows 1905 - St. Ambrose Main Road, John's Beach 1869 - St. James Gilliams 1863-1931 St. Mary's Anglican Curling 1860-1956 / 1883-1970 / 1957 - St. Nicholas I Water Street, Cox's Cove 1869-1930 St. Nicholas II Cox's Cove 1928 - St. Paul's Main Road (R. 450), Summerside 1947 - Wood's Island Near Harbour,Early 1900's Baptist: Mt Patricia Wild Cove, Corner Brook 1960 - Congregational: Petries Point, Curling 1800s Gospel Hall: Mt. Patricia Wild Cove, Corner Brook 1960 - Non Denominational: Mount Patricia Wild Cove, Corner Brook 1960 - Roman Catholic: Mount Patricia Wild Cove, Corner Brook 1960-Present (pts. 1-5) Sacred Heart Mount Cecilia Curling Street, Curling 1874-1970's Cemetery Lane, Benoit's Cove 1866 - N/A Birchy Hill Wood's Island Early 1900's Pentecostal: Mount Patricia Wild Cove, Corner Brook 1960 - Osmond's Avenue, Corner Brook 1930-1985 Presbyterian: Fairview Herald Avenue, Corner Brook (no names) Mount Patricia Wild Cove, Corner Brook 1960 - Petries Crossing Curling Street, Curling 1898-1990 Salvation Army: Mount Patricia Wild Cove, Corner Brook 1955 - Citadel Humber/Station Hill Road, Corner Brook 1927-1958 Citadel Prince George Street, Corner Brook 1949-1966 Temple Montgomerie Street, Corner Brook 1923 - Mount Moriah Petries Crossing Killick Place, Curling 1941-1966 Seven Day Adventist: Mt. Patricia Wild Cove, Corner Brook 1960 - United Church: Bethany Main Road (Route 440), Summerside 1950 - Curling Memorial Petries Crossing Bartlett's Avenue, Curling 1898-1978 Humber Road, Corner Brook 1905-1967 Premier Drive, Corner Brook 1920-1960 Note: In addition to the cemeteries listed above, there are believed to be other cemeteries located around the Bay of Islands which may not have been listed in church records. Weebol may have a lone grave of a man who drowned. There is a small cemetery at Crabbs and Goose Arm on the North Shore of the bay. There may be a lone grave of Henry Brake in, or near to the Lundrigan's sand pit in Brake's Cove. There may be a cemetery in Bottle Cove (near Lark Harbour) of French Sailors. There may be scattered graves on other islands and isolated coves in the bay.

**PARISH RECORDS OF BIRTHS, BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS**
Bay of Islands Church of England Marriages 1870-1891 Benoit's Cove, Star of the Sea Death records Curling Anglican Baptisms, 1863-1879 Curling Sacred Heart RC Burials Curling 1891-1919 Curling Sacred Heart RC Deaths Records, 1920-1944 Curling Sacred Heart RC Marriages / Revised transcription

**VITAL STATISTIC RECORDS**
Vol. 30. Rev Edward Wix Baptisms in Bay of Islands, 1835

NEWSPAPERS
obits & articles
How Capt. Wallace Parsons met tragic death (article) / Western Star 1999 - I / II / III / IV Western Star 2000 Misc. entries from Western Star 1908-1915 The Burial Of Mark Childs The Daily News Year End Review - Corner Brook 1934

**WILLS, PETITIONS, ESTATE FILES & LAND DEEDS**
Wills for the entire West Coast Region can be accessed HERE

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DISTRICT COORDINATOR
Sheldon O'Neill