Happy Adventure

48°38′10″N 53°45′35″W / 48.63611°N 53.75972°W / 48.63611; -53.75972Country CanadaProvince Newfoundland and LabradorCensus divisionNo. 7Population • Total118Time zoneUTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) • Summer (DST)UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)Area code709Highways Route 310

Happy Adventure is an outport village on the Eastport Peninsula in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 2021^[update], the population was 118.^[1]

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 118 living in 59 of its 113 total private dwellings, a change of -41% 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.^[1]

See also

• List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Farley Mowat, Author of "The Boat Who Wouldn't Float". The boat's name is "Happy Adventure", also named in reference to the pirate ship mentioned above.

References

External links

• Family and Community Origins of the Eastport Peninsula
• Happy Adventure - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 2, p. 795-797.