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Island off the coast of Labrador

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Venison Island, as photographed by Edith Watson in August 1913
Venison is located in Newfoundland and LabradorVenisonVenisonLocation of the Venison Island in Labrador
Geography
LocationLabrador Sea
Coordinates52°58′12″N 55°46′30″W / 52.970°N 55.775°W / 52.970; -55.775
Area1 km (0.39 sq mi)
Highest elevation68 m (223 ft)
Administration
Canada
ProvinceNewfoundland and Labrador

Venison Island is an island off of the coast of Labrador.

The island is separated from Stony Island by a narrow channel called Venison Tickle and measures 1200 m by 550 m. The island once had a busy wharf and fishing community, a wireless telegraph station (code VI) and a population of 36 year-round residents in 1901.

References

  1. The Newfoundland (and Labrador) pilot. Admiralty Hydrogr. Dept. 1878. pp. 374–375.
  2. Wireless telegraph stations of the world. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Steam Engineering. 1907. p. 20.
  3. Census of Newfoundland and Labrador 1901. Vol. 1. Newfoundland Colonial Secretary's Office, Sir Robert Bond. 1901. p. 412.


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