Comfort Cove-Newstead

Comfort Cove-Newstead
Town
Aerial view featuring the fish plant, the major employer of the community.
Comfort Cove-Newstead Location of Comfort Cove-Newstead in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 49°23′57.50″N 54°51′51.09″W / 49.3993056°N 54.8641917°W / 49.3993056; -54.8641917
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Government
• Mayor	Peter Watkins[2]
Area
• Total	29.83 km2 (11.52 sq mi)
Elevation	11 m (36 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	345[1]
Time zone	UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code	709
Highways	Route 343

Comfort Cove-Newstead is a small fishing community located outside Campbellton, on the east coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, (on the Bay of Exploits).

It has a recently renovated town hall, a fire department, a corner store with post office, two churches, and other services including a fish processing plant and a vegetable farm.

There are many services such as a playground, town hall, community center, fish plant, fire hall, local store, vegetable farm and more. The children in this town, along with those from Campbellton, Birchy Bay, Baytona, Loon Bay and Michaels Harbour attend a k-9 school in the Campbellton and high school in Lewisporte.

There are about 248 private dwellings, in Comfort Cove-Newstead, covering a land area of about 29.83 square km. There is a Salvation Army place of worship, a United Church, and Cull's Point Cemetery there.