Aguathuna is a small village located on the Port au Port Peninsula of the Island of Newfoundland, Canada. The nearest large service area is Stephenville. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... The Port au Port Peninsula is a peninsula in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... Newfoundland —   (stress on final syllable; for mispronunciations, see Newfoundland travel guide from Wikitravel)— (French: , Irish: ) is a large island off the east coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... Stephenville (2005 est. ...

The area grew from workers at the nearby limestone mine site at Jack of Clubs Cove. The Dominion Iron and Steel Company opened a quarry there in 1911. The quarry's manager, Arthur House, wanted to rename the cove from Jack of Clubs Cove as it would never have been treated with serious respect. The then Archbishop M.F. Howley suggested Aguathuna believing it to be a Beothuk word for white stone. That name was chosen by residents over the other alternative, Limeville..^[1] Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... Beothuk The Beothuks were the native inhabitants of the island of Newfoundland at the time of European contact in the 15th and 16th centuries. ...

Its Post Office began on April 1st 1949 and is still going. it had 130 people in 1951 and 130 in 1956. Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1970 the town amalgamated with two other communities and became incorporated as Port au Port West-Aguathuna-Felix.

See also

• List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador

This page lists communities of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ...

References and notes

Coordinates: 48°33′37″N, 58°46′01″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...