Community Profiles
Shoe Cove
Trail: Dorset Trail HWY 410
Mayor: Brian Martin
Deputy Mayor: Peirce Sicks
Address: General Delivery, A0K 5G0
Telephone: (709) 675-2239
Availability: Anytime
Introduction
Shoe Cove is located at the head of the Baie Verte Peninsula on the Northeast coast of Newfoundland, two miles off route 414.
Shoe Cove has been settled since at least 1800. There are reports that salmon fishery exports were being made at that time. Shoe Cove was once known as Shoe Cove Brook, with two other settlements called Stage Cove and Shoe Cove Bight. These were abandoned in about 1970 so now all three are called Shoe Cove. Although Shoe Cove was settled by English, Scottish and Irish fisher folk, it was very close to the French Shore area. In fact, a boat by the English fishery was stationed there until the Treaty of Utrecht.
People depended largely on the fishery then and now. At one time a cod liver oil factory operated there.
A photographer’s delight, Shoe Cove is one of the peninsula's most scenic communities.
Housing
Shoe Cove has 71 houses of which 69 are occupied.
Education
There are no schools in Shoe Cove.
Postal Service & Media
Post Office Services.
Newspaper(s).
Radio & Cable.
Health & Welfare
There are no major medical facilities.
Fire Protection
The La Scie Fire Dept. responds to all fire calls in the community.
Transportation
Community Travel
Airport
Utilities & Power
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro.
Water Supply & Sanitation
Pond Water Supply.
Garbage Collection.
The source of water supply comes from Second Pond which is one mile from the community. The type is gravity flow with six-inch piping. Sixty-nine homes are connected to the water supply system. The system is regularly inspected by authorities. Samples are analyzed once a year. There are some problems with freeze-ups in the winter but there is no problem with dry-ups in the summer.
Shoe Cove has a garbage collection once a week. A private contractor picks up the garbage in a pick-up truck and then brings it to the La Scie dump.
Social & Cultural Data
Churches.
Organizations.
Shoe Cove has two churches, the First United Church which was established in 1925 and the Zion Pentecostal which was established in 1968. The Zion Pentecostal Church has such organizations as Women's Ministry, CA's, and Men's Fellowship. The first United Church also has a Men's Fellowship UCW.
