Conception Harbour | |
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Town | |
Location of Conception Harbour in Newfoundland | |
Coordinates: 47°26′30″N 53°13′00″W / 47.44167°N 53.21667°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Newfoundland and Labrador |
Census division | 1 |
Government | |
• Mayor | vacant |
Area | |
• Land | 21.61 km2 (8.34 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 624 |
• Density | 31.7/km2 (82/sq mi) |
• Demonym | Conception Harbour |
Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
Area code | 709 |
Highways | Route 60 |
Conception Harbour is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division 1 on Conception Bay and can be accessed via Newfoundland and Labrador Route 60.
Conception Harbour includes the former communities of Bacon Cove, Cat's Cove, Kitchuses, and Silver Spring.[3] The town has a history of fishing, whaling, ironworking, and tourism as its industries, with ties to the steelworking construction industry in mid-20th-century New York City. In 2022, cephalopod fossils were found in Bacon Cove that potentially moved their evolutionary date back by 30 million years.