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The communities and towns on the Bonavista Peninsula are in a slow decline as the importance of the fishing industry decreases. Geographically isolated from major population centres, the provincial government has been attempting to diversify the local economy; most notably in tourism where the
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The following is a list of the 41 unincorporated communities on the Bonavista Peninsula by population in the 2021 Canadian Census.
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The following is a list of the 9 incorporated towns on the Bonavista Peninsula by population in the 2021 Canadian Census.
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is reported to have landed at Cape Bonavista in 1497 claiming this part of the New World for the King of England.
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division. It was abandoned in 1984, four years before the railway's mainline was abandoned across the island.
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also had a branch built from Clarenville to Bonavista, later called the Bonavista Subdivision by
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Starting at the Trinity Bay side it commences at the northeastern part of the bay at
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This peninsula contains some of the oldest settlements on the island of
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The peninsula runs 85 km northeast from a 19 km wide
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and measures between 15–40 km in width. It separates
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region has spectacular landscapes adjacent to the ocean.
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is a large peninsula on the east coast of the island of
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Trinity, on the east coast of the Bonavista Peninsula
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Bonavista Peninsula is located in Newfoundland
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Bonavista Bay
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Robinhood Bay
Cape Bonavista
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