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Population: 77
History
Blue Cove is a small community located on Route 430, next to Plum Point. It is 0.8 km from Old Ferolle Island or Darbys Island as it is called today. Blue Cove was fished by the French in the 1800's as they sailed down the coast. Blue Cove was a prosperous community with great involvement in the seal hunt, the lobster fishery, cod fishery, and the winter wood cutting.
In 1911 Blue Cove is recorded as being named Blue Guts Cove, but "Guts" was dropped from the name in 1921 when it was settled by the Pittmans of Seal Cove.
Since the 1980's, Blue Cove has become an inshore fishing community. It has had a general store for many years, but is provided with most of it's services from nearby Plum Point. There are also two community stages and a government wharf in Blue Cove which portray the importance the fishery has had on the community.
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