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Grates Cove is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the most northerly community on the Avalon Peninsula, located on the tip of the Bay de Verde Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. Called "the Grates" by John Guy as early as 1612, the origin of the name is unknown.

History

Grates Cove was first settled in 1790 by four families from Lower Island Cove and one family from Old Perlican. It is believed that Grates Cove was visited by seasonal fisherman before this and some have expressed the belief that it was visited as early as 1497 by John Cabot. This speculation has been fueled by the presence of a large rock high above the water on a cliff face located in Grates Cove. As Harold Horwood states, "some of those who formerly examined it, including a curator of the Newfoundland Museum, professed to be able to read the names IO CABOTO, SANCIUS and SAINMALIA quite plainly."

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Grates Cove recorded a population of 127 living in 59 of its 95 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 152. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Government

Grates Cove is a local service district (LSD) that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. The chair of the LSD committee is David Stanford.

See also

  • List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
  • List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
  • List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador

References

  • Article reference from Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador
  • The Grates Cove Tradition by Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador