St. Teresa Newfoundland and Labrador Map

About St. Teresa, Newfoundland and Labrador

St. Teresa is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is classified as a town. St. Teresa is located at 48.3650°N, 58.6422°W.

St. Teresa rests, a quiet sentinel along the rugged eastern edge of Newfoundland's Port au Port Peninsula, where the land exhales a briny mist and the Atlantic, a vast, restless canvas, stretches to the horizon. It lies 12.3 km west-south-west of St. George's, NL (from St. George's, NL: bearing 243°T), and is situated 21.5 km south-south-west of Stephenville. Here, the terrain is a study in patient erosion, with low, rounded hills that have weathered the ceaseless wind and a coastline that bites into the sea with a series of coves and rocky outcrops. The air, perpetually carrying the tang of salt and the distant cry of gulls, lends a unique crispness to the days, and in the fading light, the scattered homes seem to glow with an inner warmth against the darkening, heath-clad slopes. The silence is deep, punctuated only by the murmur of waves and the occasional rumble of a fishing vessel making its way home. This place, St. Teresa, has been shaped by generations who understood the sea's bounty and its caprice, a legacy etched into its very being. Once a hub of French fishing interests and later settled by those seeking a new life, its history whispers through the weathered clapboard homes and the remnants of old fishing stages that still cling precariously to the shore. The economy, once solely reliant on the cod fishery, now finds its footing in a more diversified, though still coastal, rhythm, with lobster and crab fishing providing the heartbeat of its livelihood. While no grand universities or bustling colleges mark its landscape, the enduring spirit of its people, a blend of resilience and quiet camaraderie, is its most notable attraction, a testament to a life lived in close communion with the wild, beautiful forces that define St. Teresa.

About This St. Teresa Map Page

Explore St. Teresa, 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: 48.365, -58.642222. 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 St. Teresa includes the postal code (A2N), telephone area code (709, 879). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for St. Teresa 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.