Englee, Newfoundland and Labrador

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A wood carving of the town seal of Englee on display at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Englee (50°44′07″N, 56°06′09″W NST) is a small fishing community on the east side of the Great Northern Peninsula in a sheltered harbour on the northern headland of Canada Bay, Newfoundland, Canada.

Englee was incorporated as a town in 1948, but the French were active in the fishery there in the 1860s and 1870s. Most of the area permanent settlers moved to the community between 1870 and 1900. These residents were fishermen, builders, and trappers and they also grew their own vegetables and raised some livestock. In the late 1880s Baxter Crocker opened the first fishing establishment in the town. In the 1950s the Canada Bay Cold Storage Company Limited began a fresh-frozen codfish and fresh salmon operation. The fishery is still the main employer in the community.