Hawke Island

Hawke Island
Hawke Island
Geography
Coordinates 53°03′N 55°50′W / 53.05°N 55.83°W / 53.05; -55.83Coordinates: 53°03′N 55°50′W / 53.05°N 55.83°W / 53.05; -55.83
Administration
Canada
Province Newfoundland and Labrador

Hawke Island is a small island off of the coast of Labrador. There is a harbour on the east side of the island named Hawke Harbour, or sometimes Hawke Bay.[1] The Newfoundland Whaling Company operated a whaling station in Hawke Harbour in the late 1930s.[2] Other inlets include Eagle Cove and Caplin Bay.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The London General Gazetteer, or Geographical Dictionary. W. Baynes & Son. 1825. p. 392.
  2. ↑ Dickinson, Anthony Bertram; Sanger, Chesley W. (2005). Twentieth-century shore-station whaling in Newfoundland and Labrador. McGill-Queen's Press.
  3. ↑ Blunt, George William (1847). The American coast pilot. p. 4.


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