Avondale, Newfoundland and Labrador

Avondale is a town located on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, which was incorporated in 1974. The community is situated at the southwestern head of Conception Bay in Division 1. It is located southwest of St. John's and northeast of Placentia.

Up to 1897, the community was known as Salmon Cove,

In 1881, the Newfoundland Railway conducted a survey of the land and planning preparations were started for constructing a railway out to Harbour Grace, in which Salmon Cove was seen as a convenient place for a station. The extant building, a two-storey Second Empire style building with an attached warehouse,.

Upon completion of the main railway line in 1898, the Reid Newfoundland Company took over the existing railway. It was used as a passenger and freight station.

alt=A photo of a run-down looking railway station building, with windows boarded over|thumb|Avondale Railway Station prior to restoration, circa 1988.

In 1923 the Newfoundland Government took over the railway with the 1923 Railway Settlement Act, where the Government acquired the railway, coastal bats, and dry dock from the Reid Newfoundland Company for $2 million. The Avondale Railway Station then became a part of the Newfoundland Railway once again. In 1931 it was finalized for the post offices and telegraph stations to be managed by Newfoundland Railway agents; the Avondale office was taken over on December 15.

The Canadian National Railway took over from the Newfoundland Railway in 1949 when Newfoundland joined the Canadian Confederation. The Avondale Railway Station was managed by CN until 1984. The rails were sold for scrap and the rolling stock was retired, scrapped, or sold. They had not received any sort of reply to their application until workers came to tear up the tracks. Avondale has lost approximately one third of its population since 1976 when it numbered 937 residents.

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