Fortune Harbour

Fortune Harbour or Fortune Harbor is a designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Fortune Harbour

Location of Fortune Harbour in Newfoundland and Labrador

The 1913 McAlpine Gazeteer lists the community in Twillingate district:

"FORTUNE HARBOR, a post and money order settlement in Twillingate district. Contains postal telegraph, express, 1 store, 1 Catholic church, Bowring Bros. and Reid Nfld. steamers call during open navigation."^[1]

An 1884 pilot guide discusses "Fortune harbor" in Notre Dame Bay:

"Fortune harbor is a land-locked anchorage, situated 2 miles southeastward of Bagg head. Two entrances are formed by Sweeny island, that to the eastward of the island being only 30 yards wide and having a depth of 12 feet at low water. The western entrance is suitable for large vessels with a commanding breeze, but the turns are sharp, the wind is often baffling in the approach, and the squalls heavy, particularly with westerly winds.^[2]

Fortune Harbour is in Newfoundland within Subdivision E of Division No. 8.^[3]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fortune Harbour recorded a population of 78 living in 31 of its 90 total private dwellings, a change of -7.1% from its 2011 population of 84. With a land area of 11.11 km² (4.29 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.0/km² (18.2/sq mi) in 2016.^[4]