Southern Harbour Newfoundland and Labrador Map

About Southern Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador

Southern Harbour is a town in Bellevue, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is classified as a town. Southern Harbour is located at 47.7224°N, 53.9535°W.

Southern Harbour rests in a deep cleft of Trinity Bay, its houses clustered along the southern shore like weathered barnacles clinging to a rock face. It lies 50.4 km north of Placentia, NL (from Placentia, NL: bearing 356°T), and is situated 6.9 km south of Arnolds Cove Station. The land rises steeply behind the settlement, a rugged expanse of scrub and stunted spruce, their dark green boughs often bowed under the weight of sea mist. Even on a clear day, the air carries a damp, briny tang, a constant reminder of the vast Atlantic pressing against the Newfoundland coast. The harbour itself, a sheltered arm of the bay, is a mirror of slate grey, occasionally broken by the whitecaps that sneak over the outer bar. Fishing boats, their hulls painted in cheerful, salt-bleached blues and reds, bob gently at their moorings, their masts a skeletal forest against the perpetually shifting sky. The history of Southern Harbour is as deeply rooted as the gnarled roots of the trees on the surrounding hills. For generations, the lifeblood of this place has been the sea, its bounty a hard-won sustenance for the families who first settled here, drawn by the promise of cod and the shelter of the bay. The economy remains intrinsically tied to the fisheries, though the days of vast cod stocks are now a whispered legend. Lobster pots now line the wharves in season, their bright buoys a cheerful contrast to the stoic grey of the water. There are no grand monuments in Southern Harbour, no famous sons and daughters whose names echo beyond the island's shores, but the enduring spirit of resilience, forged by the elements and the shared labours of the sea, is its own quiet, powerful testament.

About This Southern Harbour Map Page

Explore Southern Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 47.722358, -53.953467. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Southern Harbour includes the postal code (A0B), telephone area code (709, 879). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Southern 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.