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Coachman's Cove, incorporated in 1970, is located north of Baie Verte on the east side of a promontory near a tip of the Baie Verte Peninsula. Its name was derived from English settlers who were living there year round in the 1860's. The first permanent settlers to arrive in Coachman's Cove possibly came at the invitation of the French in the early 1800's to act as guardians of French stages and fishing equipment during the winter months. These settlers decided to stay and establish a permanent fishing settlement.
The uncovering of a new Paleo-Eskimo site in 1999-2000 shows that the area surrounding Coachman's Cove was inhabited approximately 3000 years ago.
Like other communities on the Baie Verte Peninsula, Coachman's Cove had a double identity and double population. During the summer the community had mostly French, Roman Catholic residents, who came from France to fish for cod from June to September. During the winter months the population of Coachman's Cove was made up of Anglo-Irish Newfoundlanders. The first names associated with the settlement were Downey, Bailey, Norman, Dobbin, Dow, Demfy, and Drover.
Coachman's Cove today is a quaint quiet community and still shows signs of it's French history.
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