Happy Adventure

Happy Adventure
Village
Happy Adventure is located in Newfoundland
Happy Adventure
Happy Adventure
Location of Happy Adventure in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 48°38′10″N 53°45′35″W / 48.63611°N 53.75972°W / 48.63611; -53.75972
Country Canada
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
Census divisionNo. 7
Settled1710
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
183
Time zoneUTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code709
Highways Route 310

Happy Adventure is an outport village on the Eastport Peninsula in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, first established in 1710 . As of 2021, the population was 183.

Geography

Happy Adventure consists of three well-defined inlets known locally as of Upper Cove, Little Sandy Cove, and Lower Cove (which also contains a smaller attached cove known as Powell's Cove).

Etymology

The origin of the village name is a matter of some controversy. According to local lore, the name, which was first referenced in 1817, could have had any one of three origins. Some speculate it is a reflection of the joyful experience of the first settlers in finding such a welcoming environs. Alternatively, it has been postulated that the community was named to commemorate a ship belonging to 17th-century pirate Peter Easton. Still others suggest the community was named by George Holbrook, a British Admiralty hydrographer. Holbrook surveyed Newman Sound in 1817 and sheltered in one of Happy Adventure's coves during a storm.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Happy Adventure had a population of 183 living in 59 of its 113 total private dwellings, a change of −8.5% from its 2016 population of 200. With a land area of 9.62 km2 (3.71 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.3/km2 (31.8/sq mi) in 2021.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
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