Happy Adventure | |
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Village | |
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Location of Happy Adventure in
Newfoundland | |
Coordinates: 48°38′10″N 53°45′35″W / 48.63611°N 53.75972°W | |
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Census division | No. 7 |
Population (2021)
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• Total | 118 |
Time zone | UTC-3:30 ( Newfoundland Time) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-2:30 ( Newfoundland Daylight) |
Area code | 709 |
Highways | ![]() |
Happy Adventure is an outport village on the Eastport Peninsula in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 2021 [update], the population was 118. [1]
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).
The origin of the village name is a matter of some controversy. According to local lore, the name, which was first referenced in 1817, could have had any one of three origins. Some speculate it is a reflection of the joyful experience of the first settlers in finding such a welcoming environs. Alternatively, it has been postulated that the community was named to commemorate a ship belonging to 17th-century pirate Peter Easton. Still others suggest the community was named by George Holbrook, a British Admiralty hydrographer. Holbrook surveyed Newman Sound in 1817 and sheltered in one of Happy Adventure's coves during a storm.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Happy Adventure had a population of 118 living in 59 of its 113 total private dwellings, a change of -41% from its 2016 population of 200. With a land area of 9.62 km2 (3.71 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.3/km2 (31.8/sq mi) in 2021. [1]
Happy Adventure | |
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Village | |
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Location of Happy Adventure in
Newfoundland | |
Coordinates: 48°38′10″N 53°45′35″W / 48.63611°N 53.75972°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Census division | No. 7 |
Population (2021)
[1] | |
• Total | 118 |
Time zone | UTC-3:30 ( Newfoundland Time) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-2:30 ( Newfoundland Daylight) |
Area code | 709 |
Highways | ![]() |
Happy Adventure is an outport village on the Eastport Peninsula in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 2021 [update], the population was 118. [1]
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).
The origin of the village name is a matter of some controversy. According to local lore, the name, which was first referenced in 1817, could have had any one of three origins. Some speculate it is a reflection of the joyful experience of the first settlers in finding such a welcoming environs. Alternatively, it has been postulated that the community was named to commemorate a ship belonging to 17th-century pirate Peter Easton. Still others suggest the community was named by George Holbrook, a British Admiralty hydrographer. Holbrook surveyed Newman Sound in 1817 and sheltered in one of Happy Adventure's coves during a storm.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Happy Adventure had a population of 118 living in 59 of its 113 total private dwellings, a change of -41% from its 2016 population of 200. With a land area of 9.62 km2 (3.71 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.3/km2 (31.8/sq mi) in 2021. [1]