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| Place | Shoal Harbour |
| Type | Neighbourhood |
| Province / Territory | Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.183333 |
| Longitude | -53.9825 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | AAUGD |
Shoal Harbour is a neighbourhood in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is classified as a town. Shoal Harbour is located at 48.1833°N, 53.9825°W.
Shoal Harbour lies nestled along a curve of Newfoundland's eastern coastline, a place where the land dips and rises in a gentle, rocky embrace. It lies 5.5 km east of Clarenville, NL (from Clarenville, NL: bearing 96°T), and is situated 6.3 km south-south-west of George's Brook. The air here carries the perpetual, salty tang of the North Atlantic, a crispness that bites at the cheeks on a blustery day and softens into a bracing coolness under the wide, often dramatic sky. Jagged outcrops of ancient rock, smoothed by millennia of wind and wave, punctuate the landscape, their grey and lichen-splashed surfaces a stark contrast to the hardy green of spruce and fir that cling tenaciously to the slopes. Beyond the immediate reach of the sea, the terrain opens into a series of rounded hills and shallow valleys, dotted with the glint of freshwater ponds and the occasional winding stream, all leading the eye inland towards a horizon often softened by a veil of mist or the lingering glow of a low-hanging sun. The history of Shoal Harbour is as layered as the strata of the rock that defines it, a story of resilience and adaptation in a land that demands respect. For generations, the bounty of the sea, primarily cod, was the lifeblood of the settlement, shaping its rhythms and the very character of its people, their hands accustomed to the rough embrace of nets and the steady pull of oars. While the grander days of the fishery have receded, the spirit of enterprise persists, now finding new avenues in the surrounding forests and a growing tourism sector drawn to the rugged beauty and the authentic coastal way of life. The echoes of early settlers, their lives etched into the very contours of the land, can still be felt in the sturdy, salt-weathered homes that huddle close to the shore, a quiet testament to enduring strength.
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Location data for Shoal Harbour is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |