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Venison Island

Venison Island

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Venison Island is an island off of the coast of Labrador.

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The island is separated from Stony Island by a narrow channel called Venison Tickle and measures 1200 m by 550 m.[1] The island once had a busy wharf and fishing community, a wireless telegraph station (code VI)[2] and a population of 36 year-round residents in 1901.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    The Newfoundland (and Labrador) pilot. Admiralty Hydrogr. Dept. 1878. pp. 374–375.
  2. [2]
    Wireless telegraph stations of the world. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Steam Engineering. 1907. p. 20.
  3. [3]
    Census of Newfoundland and Labrador 1901. Vol. 1. Newfoundland Colonial Secretary's Office, Sir Robert Bond. 1901. p. 412.


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