Greenspond
Grin d'Espagne | |
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Town | |
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| Nickname: Capital of the North | |
  Greenspond Location of Greenspond in Newfoundland | |
| Coordinates: 49°04′00″N 53°34′34″W / 49.06667°N 53.57611°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Settled | 1690s |
| Incorporated | 1951 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.85 km2 (1.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 257 |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code | 709 |
Greenspond is a community in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Greenspond is one of the communities that comprise an area called Bonavista North, in Bonavista Bay, on the northeast coast of the Island of Newfoundland. These communities have a shared history in that they were settled by people from England, predominantly from the West Country: Somerset, Devon, Dorset and Hampshire.
Greenspond is one of the oldest continuously inhabited outports in Newfoundland, having been settled in the 1690s. In the first 100 years after settlement, the people of Greenspond lived from the bounty of the sea. The community thrived and became a major trading centre because of its proximity to and its position on the main sea lanes and was known as the "Capital of the North".