Happy Adventure

Happy Adventure is an outport village on the Eastport Peninsula in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, first established in 1710., the population was 183.

Geography

Happy Adventure consists of three well-defined inlets known locally as of Upper Cove, Little Sandy Cove, and Lower Cove.

Etymology

The origin of the village name is a matter of some controversy. According to local lore, the name, which was first referenced in 1817, could have had any one of three origins. Some speculate it is a reflection of the joyful experience of the first settlers in finding such a welcoming environs. Alternatively, it has been postulated that the community was named to commemorate a ship belonging to 17th-century pirate Peter Easton. Still others suggest the community was named by George Holbrook, a British Admiralty hydrographer. Holbrook surveyed Newman Sound in 1817 and sheltered in one of Happy Adventure's coves during a storm.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Happy Adventure had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.