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Miles Cove is a small fishing community located on the east side of Sunday Cove Island in western Notre Dame Bay and is surrounded by rugged hills and sparkling blue ocean waters.
Local History
Miles Cove first appears in the 1911 Census reporting a population of 45. The population since 1911 has slowly increased, despite the loss of people to larger centres such as Roberts Arm , Springdale and Baie Verte during resettlement in the 1950's and 1960's. Miles Cove received settlers from other resettled communities such as Wellmans Cove, Paddock's Bight and Jerry's Harbour on Sunday Cove Island. When the causeway linking the Island to the mainland was constructed in 1973 the community saw many people who had moved away return.
The main sources of employment had been the local fishery, the French shore and Labrador fisheries, and the lumber woods.
The 1921 Census recorded Miles Cove residents as being Methodist, except for one Church of England person. The Pentecostal Assemblies arrived in the late 1930's and by 1971 over 80% of the population was Pentecostal. Some of the main family surnames in the community were Fudge, Hewlett, Morey, Normore, Reid and Rowsell.
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