Cow Head (town)

Cow Head is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 478 in the Canada 2016 Census.[1]

Cow Head
Town
Cow Head Location of Cow Head in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 49.9167°N 57.8°W
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Area [1]
• Land	17.84 km^2 (6.89 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	428
Time zone	UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code(s)	709
Highways	Route 430

Cow Head Lighthouse

Cow Head Lighthouse in 2013
Location	Cow Head Newfoundland Canada
Coordinates	49°55′12.28″N 57°49′31.89″W
Year first constructed	1905
Automated	1952
Deactivated	1988
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	cast iron tower
Tower shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern	white tower and lantern, red trim
Tower height	5.5 metres (18 ft)
Focal height	43 metres (141 ft)
Range	15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)
Characteristic	F W
ARLHS number	CAN-680
Managing agent	Town of Cow Head[2][3][4]

The Dr. Henry N. Payne Community Museum (c. 1941) in Cow Head, Newfoundland and Labrador is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.[5]

Cow Head is home to one of the longest sandy beaches in Newfoundland as well as a large area of sand dunes. It also has panoramic views of the Long Range Mountains of Gros Morne. An interesting geologic feature found at Cow Head is a section of the former continental margin of Laurentia which dipped into the Iapetus ocean[6]

There is a walking trail leading to a lighthouse constructed in 1909 on the summer side or "head" of Cow Head.

Arts and culture

Cow Head is the home to the Gros Morne Theatre Festival.[7]

A new theatre named in honour of nurse, Myra Bennett, is currently under construction and aiming for completion in 2021.

Gallery

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  Aerial photo of the Cow Head Peninsula
• 
  Sandy beach in Cow Head, 2020

See also

• List of lighthouses in Canada
• List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador

References

1. "Corrections and updates: Population and dwelling count amendments, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. February 14, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
2. Central and Western Newfoundland The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 15 February 2017
3. Cow Head Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 15 February 2017
4. List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
5. "Dr. Henry N. Payne Community Museum". Canada's Historic Places. Parks Canada. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
6. "Origins" Ron Redfern page 79 ISBN 0 304 35403 1
7. "ArtsNL - Theatre Newfoundland Labrador". www.nlac.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-23.

External links

• Cow Head – Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 1, p. 551-553.
• Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard