Elliott's Cove

Elliott's Cove
Town
Elliott's Cove
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Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Area
• Total	75.59 km2 (29.19 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2016)
• Total	535
• Density	7.1/km2 (18/sq mi)
	Includes all of Random West.
Time zone	UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Postal code span	AOC
Area code(s)	709
Highways	Route 231
Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1884 43 —     1891 48 +11.6% 1901 74 +54.2% 1911 80 +8.1% 1921 75 −6.2% 1935 57 −24.0% 1945 57 +0.0% 1951 53 −7.0% 1961 74 +39.6% 1971 67 −9.5% 1981 106 +58.2% 2001 562 +430.2% 2006 557 −0.9% 2011 530 −4.8% 2016 535 +0.9% Elliott's Cove United Church Denomination United Church Previous denomination Methodist History Founded c.1927 Architecture Closed c.1989 Elliott's Cove School Information Type One Room Established c.1930 Closed c.1967 Grades K - 8 Building used as a community center for many years after closure, and site now used as a Firehall

Elliott's Cove is a community on Random Sound and the western end of Random Island, approximately due southeast across the Sound from Clarenville. Prior to inhabitants during the past few decades (e.g., in Random Heights) along the Island's main road from the mainland via the Hefferton Causeway (completed in 1952), Elliott's Cove was the first community along that road proceeding in a general eastward direction across the Island. It was also one of the earliest settlements on the western third of Random Island.

History

It is believed that the earliest European visitors to the Elliott's Cove area were residents of Hant's Harbour and other communities on the southeastern side of Trinity Bay who came to the area in the early-to-mid 1800s because of its timber resources and multiple brooks, sometimes overwintering. Further, it has been deemed likely that Elliott's Cove was named after the Elliott family of Hant's Harbour, even though there is no indication of an Elliott settling in the Cove year-round. Rather, the first permanent settlers in Elliott's Cove are believed to have been the Smith family from Hant's Harbour [see Smith Family].

In his remarkable book on Newfoundland published in 1878, Phillip Tocque describes Random Sound as "a beautiful lake of water, the shores of which are well adapted for cultivation". In his chapter on Trinity Bay, Tocque includes a verbatim description by Rev Henry Petley, a Missionary for the Society of the Propagation of the Gospel, of Petley's voyage around Random Island in 1859. Petley notes passing the headland Foster's Point, "a dangerous shallow with a rock", on his way from Heart's Content to Shoal Harbour, but does not mention a settlement where Elliott's Cove is located. This is consistent with other accounts that the first permanent settlers arrived in Elliott's Cove in the 1860s.