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]

For other uses, see Cow head.
Cow Head
Town
Cow Head
Location of Cow Head in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 49.9167°N 57.8°W / 49.9167; -57.8
CountryCanada
ProvinceNewfoundland and Labrador
Area
[1]
 • Land17.84 km2 (6.89 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total428
Time zoneUTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code(s)709
Highways Route 430
Cow Head Light
Cow Head Lighthouse in 2013
Coordinates49°55′12.28″N 57°49′31.89″W
Constructed1905
Foundationconcrete base
Constructioncast iron tower
Height5.5 metres (18 ft)
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markingswhite tower and lantern, red trim
OperatorTown of Cow Head[2][3][4]
Heritagemunicipal heritage site 
Automated1952
Deactivated1988
Focal height43 metres (141 ft)
Range15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)
CharacteristicF W

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.

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

See also

References
  1. "Corrections and updates: Population and dwelling count amendments, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. February 14, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southwestern Newfoundland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  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.


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