Abraham's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador

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Abraham's Cove is a small community of about 100 people in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is located on the island of Newfoundland, along St. George's Bay, on the Port au Port Peninsula.

According to the local population, the site was first settled in the late 1800s by the Duffey family, of mixed Acadian and Mi'kmaq ancestry. The population kept livestock and fished for cod, herring, and lobster. With the increasing scarcity of commercial fish, many residents found employment in the nearby Ernest Harmon US AFB in Stephenville, which operated from 1941 to 1966, or at the provincial highways depot. Today, very few local residents still engage in fishing, and many men and women seek seasonal employment elsewhere in the province or in Nova Scotia.