Admiral's Beach, Newfoundland and Labrador

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Admiral's Beach is a small incoporated fishing community located at St. Mary's Bay, on a point of land nearest to Great Colinet Island on the Avalon Peninsula, in the province of Newfoundland, Canada. The community was incoporated in January 1968.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Economy
4 External link
5 See also

[edit] Geography

Good fishing grounds and a sheltered cove attracted the first settlers to the area.

[edit] History

Admiral's Beach was first settled in the early nineteenth century, traditionally by a French admiral. In 1864 there were three families living there. By 1911 it had a Post Office and 39 population. The community grew over the years until a large population came from Great Colinet Island during the resettlement programme of 1956.

[edit] Economy

Although the majority of its residents was fishermen, Admiral's Beach also had two ship building yards where fishing boats and longliners were built with supplies from local sawmills.