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'''Glovers Harbour'''{{efn|Sometimes written with an apostrophe, especially historically,<ref name=1911census /><ref name=1921census /><ref name=1935census /><ref name=1945census /><ref name=1956census /><ref name=1966census /> though also more recently,<ref name=stamp /> including on [[:File:Glover's Harbour welcome sign.jpg|the community's welcome sign]].}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|g|l|oʊ|.|v|ə|r|z}} {{respell|GLOH|verz}}<ref name=CBC /><ref name=Marsh1988 />), formerly known as '''Thimble Tickle'''('''s'''), is an unincorporated community and harbour in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.<ref name=encyclopedia>Smallwood, J.R., R.D.W. Pitt, C. Horan & B.G. Riggs (eds.) (1984). [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_enl/id/503 Glovers Harbour]. [pp.&nbsp;539–540] In: ''Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. Volume 2: Fac–Hoy.'' Newfoundland Book Publishers, St. John's. xiii + 1104&nbsp;pp. {{ISBN|978-0-920508-16-9}}.</ref><ref name=2021census /><ref name=NRC>[http://www4.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/AAIAE Glovers Harbour]. Natural Resources Canada.</ref><ref name=gazetteer>Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (1968). [https://books.google.com/books?id=0CwoAQAAIAAJ ''Gazetteer of Canada: Newfoundland and Labrador'']. Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, Ottawa. xiii + 252&nbsp;pp. {{OCLC|395303369}}</ref> It is located in Notre Dame Bay on the northern coast of the island of Newfoundland. As a local service district, it is led by an elected committee that is responsible for the delivery of certain essential services. It is delineated as a designated place for statistical purposes.

Settled sometime in the second half of the 19th century, Glovers Harbour has remained primarily a fishing village throughout its history. It is best known for the [[Biology:Giant squid|giant squid]] that was captured on its shores in 1878, which was subsequently recognised as a world record by Guinness. Glovers Harbour brands itself as the "home of the giant squid" and has a small heritage centre and "life-sized" sculpture dedicated to the animal, these being its main tourist attractions.<ref name=Machado2021>Machado, K. (2021). [https://www.thetravel.com/glovers-harbour-giant-squid-sculpture/ Thimble Tickle: Home Of The Giant Squid (And A Quaint Fishing Village)]. ''TheTravel'', 27 August 2021.</ref>

== History ==
The settlement was named after John Hawley Glover, who served as the Governor of Newfoundland in 1876–1881 and again in 1883–1885.<ref name=encyclopedia /><ref name=AOI />

[[File:Joseph Martin (Glovers Harbour).jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|Joseph Martin (1838–1920), founder of Glovers Harbour,<ref name=plaque>''The Giant Squid of Thimble Tickle''. [information plaque] Giant Squid Interpretation Site, Glovers Harbour.</ref> pictured around 1880<ref name=Hynes2012 />]]

===Early years===
According to local tradition, Glovers Harbour was founded by Joseph Martin, originally of Harbour Grace,{{efn|''Lovell's Province of Newfoundland Directory for 1871'' lists<ref name=Lovell>Lovell, J. (1871). [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/37555 Harbor Grace]. [pp.&nbsp;259–262] In: [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/37295/rec/1 ''Lovell's Province of Newfoundland Directory for 1871'']. 	
John Lovell, Montreal. 380&nbsp;pp. {{OCLC|1019499731}}</ref> two people by this name residing in Harbour Grace—a carpenter and a labourer.<ref name=encyclopedia />}} who settled there sometime in the late 1800s.<ref name=encyclopedia /><ref name=AOI /> Martin's daughter married the son of George Marsh, the first permanent settler of nearby Winter House Cove, and the two families remained the main inhabitants of Glovers Harbour until the arrival of Alex Boone, previously of Cottrell's Cove.<ref name=encyclopedia />

Glovers Harbour first appeared in the Canadian national census of 1901, under the name ''Glover Harbor'', when its population was recorded as 67, though this included the inhabitants of Leading Tickles and Lock's Harbour (later Lockesport(e) or Lockport<ref name=Marsh2016 />).<ref name=encyclopedia /><ref name=1901census /> In the 1911 census, it was listed as ''Glover's Harbor'', with a population of 28 Newfoundland-born residents, predominantly followers of the Church of England, though one Methodist was also recorded.<ref name=encyclopedia /><ref name=1911census /> The population fell to a low of 11 at the time of the 1921 census<ref name=1921census /><ref name=NGB1921 /> but rebounded to 29 in 1935<ref name=1935census /><ref name=NGB1935 /> and 38 in 1945.<ref name=1945census /><ref name=NGB1945 />

=== Resettlement period ===
From its founding, small-scale inshore cod fishing was the mainstay of the local economy, supplemented by seasonal work such as logging as well as livestock and [[Earth:Vegetable farming|vegetable farming]].<ref name=encyclopedia /><ref name=AOI /> By the middle of the 20th century, however, a lack of transport infrastructure left the isolated residents of Glovers Harbour with few other job opportunities.<ref name=encyclopedia /> The 1962 construction of a road connecting Glovers Harbour to Route 350 was transformative, as it opened access to the commercially important town of Botwood and to the nearby fish markets of Leading Tickles and Point Leamington.<ref name=encyclopedia /><ref name=AOI /> Movement of people from more isolated nearby communities to Glovers Harbour soon followed, largely motivated by a Newfoundland-wide government resettlement program, though some early moves occurred without government assistance.<ref name=encyclopedia /><ref name=AOI />

Despite being larger at the time, the neighbouring communities of Lockesporte and Winter House Cove (both located in Seal Bay) were never connected to the road network owing to the difficulty of the surrounding terrain, and this contributed to their rapid decline and eventual abandonment by the close of the 1960s.<ref name=Marsh2016 /><ref name=Lockesporte>Smallwood, J.R., C.F. Poole & R.H. Cuff (eds.) (1991). [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_enl/id/1875 Lockesporte]. [p.&nbsp;355] In: ''Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. Volume 3: Hub–M.'' Harry Cuff Publications, St. John's. xvii + 687&nbsp;pp. {{ISBN|978-0-9693422-2-9}}.</ref><ref name=WinterHouseCove>Poole, C.F. & R.H. Cuff (eds.) (1994). [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_enl/id/2483 Winter House Cove, Seal Bay]. [p.&nbsp;590] In: ''Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. Volume 5: S–Z.'' Harry Cuff Publications, St. John's. xv + 706&nbsp;pp. {{ISBN|978-0-9693422-5-0}}.</ref> As recorded in the 1971 census, eight families totalling 39 people (predominantly with the surname Haggett) had moved to Glovers Harbour from Lockesporte alone.<ref name=encyclopedia />{{efn|The remainder resettled to Leading Tickles, Point Leamington, and Deer Lake<!--correct Deer Lake?-->.<ref name=Lockesporte />}} At least four families (Burton, followed by Goudie, Haggett, and Rowsell) had similarly resettled from Winter House Cove by this point.<ref name=encyclopedia /> As a result, the population of Glovers Harbour swelled almost threefold between 1966 and 1971, from 52 to 145.<ref name=encyclopedia /><ref name=1971census />

[[File:Salvation Army Sunday School, Lock's Harbour.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Salvation Army Sunday school in Lock's Harbour, {{circa}} 1945. Numbering around two dozen children, it included pupils from Glovers Harbour and Winter House Cove.<ref name=Marsh2016 />]]
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|1901<ref name=1901census>Colonial Secretary's Office (1903). Glover Harbor. [pp.&nbsp;[https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/158503 176], [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/158505 178], [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/158507 180]] In:   [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/158292/rec/1 ''Census of Newfoundland and Labrador 1901. Table I. Population, sex, condition, denominations, professions, &c.''] 	
J.W. Withers, St. Jonh's. xxx + 457&nbsp;pp. {{OCLC|456605290}}</ref>|67*
|1911<ref name=1911census>Colonial Secretary's Office (1914). Glover's Harbor. [pp.&nbsp;[https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/56668 206], [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/56670 208], [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/56672 210]] In: [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/56425/rec/1 ''Census of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1911. Table I. Population, sex, condition, denomination, profession, &c.''] J.W. Withers, St. Jonh's. xxxi + 505&nbsp;pp. {{OCLC|21658161}}</ref>|28
|1921<ref name=1921census>Colonial Secretary's Office (1923). Glover's Harbor. [pp.&nbsp;[https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/49155 206], [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/49157 208], [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/49159 210]] In: [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/48921/rec/1 ''Census of Newfoundland and Labrador 1921. Table I. Population, sex, condition, denomination, profession, etc.''] St. John's. xxiii + 512&nbsp;pp. {{OCLC|797071136}}</ref><ref name=NGB1921>[http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1921/21-glovers-hbr-tw.shtml Newfoundland 1921 Census: Glovers Harbour, Twillingate District]. Newfoundland's Grand Banks.</ref>|11
|1935<ref name=1935census>Department of Public Health and Welfare (1937). Glover's Harbour. [pp.&nbsp;[https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/51209 42], [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/51357 190], [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/51619 452], [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/51775 608], [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/52035 868]] In: [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/51162/rec/1 ''Tenth Census of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1935. Volume I. Population by districts and settlements.'']  The Evening Telegram, St. John's. 961 + xxix&nbsp;pp. {{OCLC|8351268}}</ref><ref name=NGB1935>[http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1935/35-glovers-hbr-tw.shtml Newfoundland's 1935 Provincial Census, District of Twillingate: Community of Glovers Harbour]. Newfoundland's Grand Banks.</ref>|29
|1945<ref name=1945census>Dominion Bureau of Statistics (1949). Glover's Harbour. [pp.&nbsp;[https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/121911 3], [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/121933 25], [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/121962 54], [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/121979 71], [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/122002 94], [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/122153 245]] In: [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_tools/id/121883/rec/1 ''Eleventh Census of Newfoundland and Labrador 1945. Volume I. Population.''] Ottawa. xvi + 252&nbsp;pp. {{OCLC|21641833}}</ref><ref name=NGB1945>[http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1945/45-glovers-hbr-gb.shtml Newfoundland's 1945 Provincial Census, Green Bay District: Community of Glover's Harbour]. Newfoundland's Grand Banks.</ref>|38
|1951<ref name=1956census>Dominion Bureau of Statistics (1957). [https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS92-506A-1956.pdf ''Census of Canada, 1956: population of unincorporated villages and settlements'']. Catalogue no. 6009-582. Ottawa. 64&nbsp;pp.</ref>|44
|1956<ref name=1956census />|55
|1961<ref name=1966census />|38
|1966<ref name=1966census>Dominion Bureau of Statistics (1968). [https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS92-633-1966.pdf ''Census of Canada – 1966. Population: unincorporated places.''] Catalogue no. 6009-573. Ottawa. 194&nbsp;pp.</ref>|52
|1971<ref name=1971census>Statistics Canada (1973). [https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS92-771-1971.pdf ''Special bulletin: 1971 Census of Canada. Population: unincorporated settlements.''] Statistics Canada catalogue no. 92-771. Ottawa. 215&nbsp;pp.</ref>|145
|1976<ref name=1976census>Statistics Canada (1978). [https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS92-830-1976.pdf ''1976 Census of Canada. Supplementary bulletins: geographic and demographic. Population of unincorporated places – Canada.''] Statistics Canada catalogue no. 92-830. Ottawa. vi + 128&nbsp;pp.</ref>|127
|1981<ref name=1981census>Statistics Canada (1983). [https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS94-902-1981.pdf ''1981 Census of Canada. Place name reference list: Atlantic provinces.''] Statistics Canada catalogue no. 94-902. Ottawa. xii + [199]&nbsp;pp.</ref>|136
|1986<ref name=1986census>Statistics Canada (1987). [https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS92-105-1888.pdf ''Population and dwelling counts – Canada: unincorporated places'']. Statistics Canada catalogue no. 92-105. Ottawa. xxxv + 360&nbsp;pp.</ref>|132
|1991<ref name=1991census>Statistics Canada (1993). [https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS93-306-1993.pdf ''Unincorporated places: population and dwelling counts'']. Statistics Canada catalogue no. 93-306. Ottawa. 213&nbsp;pp.</ref><ref name=1996census />|122
|1996<ref name=1996census>[https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Statistics/Topics/census1996/PDF/1996_Pop_NL_CCS.PDF Population of Communities by Consolidated Census Subdivision (CCS): Newfoundland and Labrador, 1991 and 1996 Census]. Newfoundland and Labrador Statistics Agency.</ref>|121
|2001<ref name=2001census>[https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Statistics/Topics/census2001/PDF/POP_CCS_NF_2001.PDF Population of Communities by Census Consolidated Subdivision (CCS): Newfoundland and Labrador, 2001 Census]. Newfoundland and Labrador Statistics Agency.</ref>|112
|2006<ref name=2006census>[https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Statistics/Topics/census2006/PDF/2006_Communities_CCS.pdf Population of Communities by Census Consolidated Subdivision (CCS): Newfoundland and Labrador, 2006 Census]. Newfoundland and Labrador Statistics Agency.</ref>|93
|2011<sup>§</sup><ref name=2016census />|78
|2016<ref name=2016census>Statistics Canada (2017). [https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=DPL&Code1=100358&Geo2=PR&Code2=10&SearchText=Glovers%20Harbour&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=100358&TABID=1&type=0 Census Profile, 2016 Census: Glovers Harbour, Designated place, Newfoundland and Labrador and Newfoundland and Labrador]. Statistics Canada catalogue no. 98-316-X2016001. Ottawa. Released 29 November 2017.</ref>|92
|2021<ref name=2021census />|55
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|footnote    = * Included inhabitants of Leading Tickles and Lock's Harbour.<ref name=encyclopedia /><br><sup>§</sup> Population initially reported as 71<ref name=2011census>[https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Statistics/Topics/census2011/PDF/Pop_CCS_2011.pdf 2011 Census Population, Census Consolidated Subdivisions (CCS) by Community: Newfoundland and Labrador]. Newfoundland and Labrador Statistics Agency.</ref> but later revised to 78.<ref name=2016census /><ref name=2016censusCCS>[https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Statistics/Topics/census2016/PDF/CCS_Community_2016.pdf 2016 Census Population, by 2011 Census Consolidated Subdivision (CCS) by Community: Newfoundland and Labrador]. Newfoundland and Labrador Statistics Agency.</ref>{{efn|Per Statistics Canada, Glovers Harbour "underwent a boundary change since the 2011 Census that resulted in an adjustment to the 2011 population and/or dwelling counts for the area".<ref>[https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=1301&SR=1&S=45&O=A&RPP=9999 Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census]. Statistics Canada. Modified 7 February 2018.</ref>}}
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The concomitant demographic changes turned Glovers Harbour into "a predominantly Salvation Army community".<ref name=encyclopedia /><ref name=AOI /> The village's first Salvation Army citadel—which also served Lockesporte, Ward's Point, and Winter House Cove, and doubled up as a school—was erected on land belonging to Electra Martin.<ref name=encyclopedia /> This was followed by a second citadel, originally constructed near Flag Pond around 1942, that was later moved close to Glovers Harbour Road.<ref name=encyclopedia />

During resettlement, Winter House Cove's Anglican church—a school [[Religion:Chapel|chapel]] first recorded in the 1901 census—was floated (transported over water) to Glovers Harbour, where it found use as a school until the late 1960s.<ref name=encyclopedia /> Both this school and another one that had been built in Glovers Harbour by the 1960s were later closed; thereafter, students attended [[Social:Elementary school|elementary school]] in Leading Tickles and high school in Point Leamington, which were reached by [[Organization:School bus|school bus]].<ref name=encyclopedia /> The Anglican church was subsequently renovated and held fortnightly [[Religion:Church service|services]] presided over by a visiting [[Religion:Minister (Christianity)|minister]] from Botwood.<ref name=encyclopedia />

From its peak following resettlement, the population of Glovers Harbour dropped to 136 by 1981<ref name=encyclopedia /><ref name=1981census /> and continued to gradually contract over the next three decades.<ref name=1986census /><ref name=1996census /><ref name=2001census /><ref name=2006census /><ref name=2016census />

=== Contemporary history ===
Over time, the fishery in Glovers Harbour has diversified to encompass [[Biology:Lobster fishing|lobster]], [[Biology:Capelin|capelin]], [[Biology:Squid|squid]], and [[Biology:Chionoecetes|queen crab]] (also known as snow crab).<ref name=AOI>[https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/328220.pdf Socio-economic overview of Leading Tickles Area of Interest (AOI), Newfoundland: executive summary]. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, May 2004. 16&nbsp;pp.</ref> In 1997, a proposal was submitted to recognise the coastal area around Leading Tickles and Glovers Harbour as a Marine Protected Area (MPA).<ref name=PowerMercer2002>Power, A.S. & D. Mercer (2002). The role of fishers knowledge in implementing ocean act initiatives in Newfoundland and Labrador. [pp.&nbsp;20–24] In: N. Haggan, C. Brignall & L. Wood (eds.) [http://fisheries.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2016/09/11-1.pdf Putting fishers' knowledge to work: conference proceedings August 27–30, 2001]. ''Fisheries Centre Research Reports'' '''11'''(1): 1–504.</ref> On 8 June 2001, the area officially came under consideration to become an MPA when it was identified as an Area of Interest by the minister for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO).<ref name=PowerMercer2002 />

== Geography ==
Glovers Harbour is in Newfoundland within Subdivision E of Division No. 8.<ref name=2016census2>{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=311&SR=1&S=87&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=10 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 7, 2018 | access-date=December 23, 2021}}</ref>

A [[Earth:Promontory|promontory]] on the southern shore of Glovers Harbour is known as Glovers Point.<ref name=gazetteer /><ref>[http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/ABHWF Glovers Point]. Natural Resources Canada.</ref> Glovers Harbour also gives its name to the Glovers Harbour Formation, a [[Earth:Sequence (geology)|sequence]] of [[Earth:Volcanic rock|volcanic rock]]s of the Wild Bight Group that lie to its west.<ref name=MacLachlanetal2001>MacLachlan, K., B.H. O'Brien & G.R Dunning (2001). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237168939_Redefinition_of_the_Wild_Bight_Group_Newfoundland_Implications_for_models_of_island-arc_evolution_in_the_Exploits_Subzone Redefinition of the Wild Bight Group, Newfoundland: implications for models of island-arc evolution in the Exploits Subzone]. ''[[Earth:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences|Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences]]'' '''38'''(6): 889–907. {{doi|10.1139/e01-006}}</ref><ref name=LockportMine>[https://www.gov.nl.ca/iet/files/mines-prospector-matty-mitchell-pdf-copper-zinc-lockport.pdf Lockport Mine – Copper–Zinc]. The Matty Mitchell Prospectors Resource Room, October 2010.</ref> Other geographical points of interest include an unmarked trail called Rowsell's Trail.<ref name=AOI />

Glovers Harbour is surrounded "by rolling green hillsides and [[Earth:Glacial lake|glacial lake]]s, making it incredibly picturesque for those who have never visited Newfoundland before".<ref name=Machado2021 />

=== Thimble Tickle ===
Glovers Harbour was formerly known as ''Thimble Tickle''(''s'').<ref name=Marsh1988>[https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/ich_oral/id/324 Dave Marsh interview, March 29, 1988]. [audio recording] Digital Archives Initiative, [[Organization:Memorial University of Newfoundland|Memorial University of Newfoundland]].</ref><ref name=Machado2021 /><ref name=Marsh2016>Marsh, B. (2016). [https://anglonewfoundlanddevelopmentcompany.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/resettlement-in-our-backyard/ Resettlement in our backyard]. Anglo Newfoundland Development Company, 25 July 2016.</ref><ref name=plaque /> In Newfoundland English, a ''tickle'' is a narrow [[Earth:Strait|strait]] (see List of tickles). The name ''Thimble Tickle'' (and variants thereof) has been applied to a number of related geographical features. The ''Gazetteer of Canada'' of 1968 lists Thimble Tickles (a series of [[Earth:Channel (geography)|channels]]), Thimble Head, and Thimble Tickle Head (both [[Earth:Headland|headland]]s) as features in the same general area.<ref name=gazetteer /> Other associated geographical names include Cumlins Cove and Cumlins Head, both listed by the ''Gazetteer'' as features of Thimble Tickle(s).<ref name=gazetteer /> According to the ''Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador'', Thimble Tickles is a "scattered group of islands" in the vicinity of Glovers Harbour.<ref name=encyclopedia /> It has also been described as "a passage between several islands south of Leading Tickles and a few kilometres north of Glovers Harbour".<ref name=Hynes2012 />

Thimble Tickle Prospect, also known as the Lockport Mine (after Lockport), was a [[Engineering:Copper extraction|copper]] and sulfur mine located "over the hill" and just west of Glovers Harbour.<ref name=LockportMine /><ref name=Marsh2016 /> It operated intermittently in the 1880s and 1890s; the shafts were sealed around 1999.<ref name=Marsh2016 />

[[File:Glovers Harbour panorama.jpg|thumb|centre|800px|Panoramic view of Glovers Harbour taken from the southwestern corner of the shoreline looking northeast, July 2017]]

== Demographics ==
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As a designated place in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Glovers Harbour recorded a population of 55 living in 28 of its 39 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:55-92}}|92|1}} from its 2016 population of 92. With a land area of {{convert|8.42|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|55|8.42|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census />

The 2016 census recorded a median value of dwellings of [[Finance:Canadian dollar|CA$]]100,161 (equivalent to {{wipe|United States dollar}}{{Formatnum:{{To USD|100161|CAN|year=2016|r=0}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}).<ref name=2016census /> The median total household income was CA$61,824 (equivalent to US${{Formatnum:{{To USD|61824|CAN|year=2016|r=0}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}).<ref name=2016census />

== Governance ==
Glovers Harbour is a local service district (LSD)<ref name=LSD>{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.nl.ca/mpa/files/Copy-of-Local_Service_District_Directory-October-2021.pdf | title=Directory of Local Service Districts | publisher=Government of Newfoundland and Labrador | date=October 2021 | accessdate=January 1, 2022}}</ref> that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.<ref name=LSDfaqs>{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.nl.ca/mpa/faq/faq-lsd/ | title=Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions | publisher=Government of Newfoundland and Labrador | accessdate=January 1, 2022}}</ref> The chair of the LSD committee is Ida Haggett.<ref name=LSD/>

== Giant squid ==

===Thimble Tickle specimen===
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Glovers Harbour is best known for its association with the [[Biology:Giant squid|giant squid]] (''Architeuthis dux'').<ref name=AOI /> On 2 November 1878, a live animal reportedly {{convert|55|ft|m|abbr=on|sigfig=3}} long, which came to be known as the [[Biology:List of giant squid specimens and sightings#45|"Thimble Tickle specimen"]], was found aground offshore.<ref name=Verrill1880a>Verrill, A.E. (1880). [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35718179 The cephalopods of the north-eastern coast of America. Part I.—The gigantic squids (''Architeuthis'') and their allies; with observations on similar large species from foreign localities]. ''Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences'' '''5'''(1)[Dec. 1879 – Mar. 1880]: 177–257. {{doi|10.5962/bhl.title.35965}}</ref><ref name=Verrill1880b>Verrill, A.E. (1880). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36842632 Synopsis of the Cephalopoda of the north-eastern coast of America]. ''The American Journal of Science'' (ser. 3)'''19'''(112)[Apr.]: 284–295.</ref><ref>Hatton, J. & M. Harvey (1883). [https://books.google.com/books?id=gc9YAAAAMAAJ ''Newfoundland: The Oldest British Colony. Its history, its present condition, and its prospects in the future.''] Chapman & Hall, London. xx + 489&nbsp;pp.</ref><ref name=Ellis1998>[[Biography:Richard Ellis (biologist)|Ellis, R.]] (1998). ''[[Biology:The Search for the Giant Squid|The Search for the Giant Squid]]''. Lyons Press, New York. ix + 322&nbsp;pp. {{ISBN|1-55821-689-8}}.</ref><ref name=SweeneyRoper2001>Sweeney, M.J. & C.F.E. Roper (2001). [https://web.archive.org/web/20111002144426/https://invertebrates.si.edu/cephs/archirec.pdf Records of ''Architeuthis'' Specimens from Published Reports]. [Last updated 4 May 2001.] National Museum of Natural History. 132&nbsp;pp. [unpaginated] [Archived from [http://invertebrates.si.edu/cephs/archirec.pdf the original] on 2 October 2011.]</ref> It was secured to a tree with a grapnel and rope and died as the tide receded. No parts of the animal were saved and no photographs or exact measurements exist as the specimen was cut up for dog food soon after its discovery; practically all that is known of it comes from a second-hand account by Reverend Moses Harvey in a letter to the ''Boston Traveller'' dated 30 January 1879, which was reproduced in the works of [[Organization:Yale University|Yale]] zoologist Addison Emery Verrill the following year:

<blockquote>On the 2d day of November last, Stephen Sherring, a fisherman residing in Thimble Tickle, not far from the locality where the other devil-fish &#91;the [[Biology:List of giant squid specimens and sightings#46|"Three Arms specimen"]]&#93;, was cast ashore, was out in a boat with two other men; not far from the shore they observed some bulky object, and, supposing it might be part of a wreck, they rowed toward it, and, to their horror, found themselves close to a huge fish, having large glassy eyes, which was making desperate efforts to escape, and churning the water into foam by the motion of its immense arms and tail. It was aground and the tide was ebbing. From [[Biology:Siphon (mollusc)|the funnel]] at the back of its head it was ejecting large volumes of water, this being its method of moving backward, the force of the stream, by the reaction of the surrounding medium, driving it in the required direction. At times the water from the siphon was black as ink.

Finding the monster partially disabled, the fishermen plucked up courage and ventured near enough to throw the grapnel of their boat, the sharp flukes of which, having barbed points, sunk into the soft body. To the grapnel they had attached a stout rope which they had carried ashore and tied to a tree, so as to prevent the fish from going out with the tide. It was a happy thought, for the devil fish found himself effectually moored to the shore. His struggles were terrific as he flung his ten arms about in dying agony. The fishermen took care to keep a respectful distance from the long tentacles, which ever and anon darted out like great tongues from the central mass. At length it became exhausted, and as the water receded it expired.

The fishermen, alas! knowing no better, proceeded to convert it into dog's meat. It was a splendid specimen—the largest yet taken—[[Biology:Mantle (mollusc)|the body]] measuring 20 feet [{{convert|20|ft|m|adj=on|sigfig=2|disp=output only}}] from the beak to the extremity of the tail. It was thus exactly double the size of the New York specimen &#91;better known as the [[Biology:List of giant squid specimens and sightings#42|"Catalina specimen"]]&#93;, and five feet [{{convert|5|ft|m|adj=on|sigfig=2|disp=output only}}] longer than the one taken by [fisherman William] Budgell &#91;the [[Biology:List of giant squid specimens and sightings#46|"Three Arms specimen"]]&#93;. The circumference of the body is not stated, but one of the arms measured 35 feet [{{convert|35|ft|m|adj=on|sigfig=3|disp=output only}}]. This must have been a tentacle.<ref name=Verrill1880a /><ref name=Verrill1880b /></blockquote>

[[File:George Marsh (Winter House Cove).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|George Marsh (1825–1911) may have been involved in the capture of the giant squid.<ref name=Marsh2016 /> He and his wife Louisa were the first permanent settlers of Winter House Cove {{circa}} 1858.<ref name=Marsh2016 />]]

Though the original account mentions only Stephen Sherring and two other (unnamed) fishermen,<ref name=Verrill1880a /><ref name=Verrill1880b /> later sources identify Glovers Harbour's founder, Joseph Martin, as one of the fishermen involved in the squid's capture.<ref name=Marsh2016 /><ref name=plaque /><ref name=Hynes2012>Hynes, B. (2012). The kraken's spawn. [pp.&nbsp;1–27] In: ''Here Be Dragons: Strange Creatures of Newfoundland and Labrador''. Breakwater Books, St. John's. xiii + 210 + [4]&nbsp;pp. {{ISBN|978-1-55081-384-5}}.</ref><ref>[http://ngb.chebucto.org/Wills/ef-1881-martin-abraham.shtml A Collection of Newfoundland Wills (M): Abraham Martin]. Newfoundland's Grand Banks.</ref> George Marsh and Henry Rowsell—the founders of Winter House Cove and Lock's Harbour (Lockesporte), respectively—have also been suggested as participants.<ref name=Marsh2016 /> The fishermen may have learned of Moses Harvey's interest in the giant squid when the latter visited Notre Dame Bay only a couple of months earlier, in August 1878, as part of a [[Earth:Geological survey|geological survey]].<ref name=plaque /> A CBC News report broadcast in 2004 features Maurice Martin, great-great-grandson of Joseph Martin, recounting the story of the squid's capture as told to him by his grandfather.<ref name=CBC />

The "Thimble Tickle specimen" has long{{efn|An early example comes from the 1968 edition of the ''Guinness Book of World Records'', which gives an erroneous provenance (corrected by the 1971 edition<ref name=Guinness1971>McWhirter, N. & R. McWhirter (1971). [https://books.google.com/books?id=30Mi4qk1hn0C&q=%22thimble+tickle%22 Mollusks: Largest]. [p.&nbsp;88] In: [https://books.google.com/books?id=30Mi4qk1hn0C ''Guinness Book of World Records'']. Sterling Publishing Company, New York. 608&nbsp;pp. {{ISBN|0-8069-0004-0}}.</ref>):

<blockquote>The heaviest of all invertebrate animals is the Atlantic giant squid (''Architeuthis princeps''). The largest specimen ever recorded was one measuring 55 feet [{{convert|55|ft|m|adj=on|sigfig=3|disp=output only}}] overall, captured on November 2, 1878, after it had run aground on Thimble Tickle, one of the Thimble Islands off the coast of Connecticut {{sic}}. Its eyes were 9 inches [{{convert|9|in|cm|adj=on|disp=output only}}] in diameter.<ref name=Guinness1968>McWhirter, N. & R. McWhirter (1968). [https://books.google.com/books?id=P28RAQAAMAAJ&q=%22thimble+tickle%22 Mollusks: Largest]. [p.&nbsp;59] In: [https://books.google.com/books?id=P28RAQAAMAAJ ''Guinness Book of World Records'']. Sterling Publishing Company, New York. 464&nbsp;pp. {{OCLC|2541308}}</ref></blockquote>

For comparison, the first US edition, titled ''The Guinness Book of Superlatives'' and published in 1956, gives more modest maximum dimensions:

<blockquote>The giant squid (''Architeuthis'') found on the Newfoundland Banks may have a body length of 8 feet [{{convert|8|ft|m|disp=output only}}] and measure up to 40 feet [{{convert|40|ft|m|disp=output only}}] overall.<ref>McWhirter, N. & P. Page (1956). Mollusks: Largest. [p.&nbsp;101] In: [https://books.google.com/books?id=pqIEAAAAYAAJ ''The Guinness Book of Superlatives'']. Superlatives Inc., New York. 224&nbsp;pp. {{OCLC|972777}}</ref></blockquote>

These measurements closely agree with current understanding of the giant squid's maximum size.<ref name=OSheaBolstad2008 /><ref name=RoperShea2013 /><ref name=Yukhov2014 /><ref name=McClainetal2015 />}} been recognised by Guinness World Records and its prior incarnations as the [[Biology:Cephalopod size#Largest reported animals|largest giant squid ever recorded]].<ref name=Guinness1968 /><ref name=Wood1982>Wood, G.L. (1982). ''The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats''. [third edition] Guinness Superlatives, London. 252&nbsp;pp. {{ISBN|0-85112-235-3}}.</ref><ref>Carwardine, M. (1995). ''The Guinness Book of Animal Records''. Guinness Publishing, Enfield. 256&nbsp;pp. {{ISBN|0-85112-658-8}}.</ref><ref>Glenday, C. (ed.) (2014). [https://books.google.com/books?id=rBd4BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT65 Mostly molluscs]. [pp.&nbsp;62–63] In: [https://books.google.com/books?id=rBd4BAAAQBAJ ''Guinness World Records 2015'']. Guinness World Records. 255&nbsp;pp. {{ISBN|1-908843-70-5}}.</ref> However, the reported measurements—particularly the length of the "body [..] from the beak to the extremity of the tail" (i.e. [[Biology:Mantle (mollusc)|mantle]] plus head) at {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on|sigfig=2}}, but also the total length of {{convert|55|ft|m|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}—greatly exceed all modern, scientifically verified records, which encompass [[Biology:List of giant squid specimens and sightings|several hundred specimens]].<ref name=OSheaBolstad2008>O'Shea, S. & K. Bolstad (2008). [https://www.tonmo.com/pages/giantsquidfactsheet/ Giant squid and colossal squid fact sheet]. ''The Octopus News Magazine Online'', 6 April 2008.</ref><ref name=RoperShea2013>Roper, C.F.E. & E.K. Shea (2013). [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elizabeth_Shea5/publication/278099127_Unanswered_Questions_About_the_Giant_Squid_Architeuthis_Architeuthidae_Illustrate_Our_Incomplete_Knowledge_of_Coleoid_Cephalopods/links/562a4c3c08ae518e347f2e18.pdf Unanswered questions about the giant squid ''Architeuthis'' (Architeuthidae) illustrate our incomplete knowledge of coleoid cephalopods]. ''American Malacological Bulletin'' '''31'''(1): 109–122. {{doi|10.4003/006.031.0104}}</ref><ref name=Yukhov2014>Yukhov, V.L. (2014). [http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/bitstream/handle/123456789/129663/24-Yukhov.pdf Гигантские кальмары рода ''Architeuthis'' в Южном океане / Giant calmaries<!--sic--> ''Architeuthis'' in the Southern ocean]. [Gigantskiye kalmary roda ''Architeuthis'' v Yuzhnom okeane.] ''Ukrainian Antarctic Journal'' no. 13: 242–253. {{in lang|ru}}</ref><ref name=McClainetal2015>McClain, C.R., M.A. Balk, M.C. Benfield, T.A. Branch, C. Chen, J. Cosgrove, A.D.M. Dove, L.C. Gaskins, R.R. Helm, F.G. Hochberg, F.B. Lee, A. Marshall, S.E. McMurray, C. Schanche, S.N. Stone & A.D. Thaler (2015). Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna. ''[[Biology:PeerJ|PeerJ]]'' '''3''': e715. {{doi|10.7717/peerj.715}}</ref> Such lengths are now generally regarded as exaggerations and often attributed to artificial lengthening of the two long feeding tentacles (analogous to stretching elastic bands) or to inadequate measurement methods such as pacing.<ref name=OSheaBolstad2008 /><ref name=RoperShea2013 /><ref>Dery, M. (2013). [https://boingboing.net/2013/01/28/the-kraken-awakes-what-ar.html The Kraken wakes: what ''Architeuthis'' is trying to tell us]. ''Boing Boing'', 28 January 2013.</ref> Over time, various other superlative measurements have been attributed to the specimen, including a [[Biology:Cephalopod size#Mass estimates|mass of {{convert|2|tonnes|ST lb}}]]<ref name=plaque /><ref name=Ganeri1990>Ganeri, A. (1990). [https://books.google.com/books?id=xpwTZykxl9EC ''The Usborne Book of Ocean Facts'']. Usborne Publishing, London. 48&nbsp;pp. {{ISBN|978-0-7460-0621-4}}.</ref> or exactly {{convert|4480|lb|kg|abbr=on}};<ref name=Guinness1971 /> an [[Biology:Cephalopod size#Eyes|eye diameter of {{convert|40|cm|in|abbr=on}}]],<ref name=plaque /><ref name=Ganeri1990 /> {{convert|18|in|cm|abbr=on}},<ref name=AO1968>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HiYUAQAAIAAJ&q=%22giant+squid%22 The undeniable Kraken]. ''American Oceanography'' [1968]: 1, 7.</ref> or {{convert|9|in|cm|abbr=on}};<ref name=Guinness1971 /><ref name=Guinness1968 /> and [[Biology:Cephalopod size#Supposed sucker scars|suckers {{convert|4|in|cm|abbr=on}} across]].<ref name=AO1968 /> Additionally, a number of extreme mass estimates have been published for the specimen.{{efn|[[Biology:Cephalopod size#Mass estimates|Wildly excessive mass estimates]] for the "Thimble Tickle specimen" have included:<ref name=Ellis1998 /><ref name=Wood1982 /> {{convert|29.25|or|30|short ton|tonne lb|sigfig=3|abbr=off}};<ref>MacGinitie, G.E. & N. MacGinitie (1949). ''Natural History of Marine Animals''. McGraw-Hill, New York. xii + 473&nbsp;pp. {{OCLC|489962159}}</ref> near {{convert|24|tonnes|ST lb}};<ref>[[Biography:Bernard Heuvelmans|Heuvelmans, B.]] (1958). ''Dans le sillage des monstres marins: le kraken et le poulpe colossal''. Plon, Paris. {{OCLC|16321559}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> less than {{convert|8|tonnes|ST lb}};<ref>MacGinitie, G.E. & N. MacGinitie (1968). [https://books.google.com/books?id=KjNCAAAAIAAJ ''Natural History of Marine Animals'']. [second edition] McGraw-Hill, New York. xii + 523&nbsp;pp. {{OCLC|859568740}}</ref> and 2.8 or "more realistic[ally]" 2 tonnes ({{convert|2.8|or|2|tonnes|ST lb|disp=output only}}).<ref name=Wood1982 /><ref>Akimushkin, I.I. (1963). [https://books.google.com/books?id=sJo5AAAAIAAJ ''Головоногие моллюски морей СССР'']. [''Golovonogie Mollyuski Morei SSSR''.] Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Moscow. 233 + [3]&nbsp;pp. {{OCLC|13632765}} {{in lang|ru}} [English translation from Russian by A. Mercado: Akimushkin, I.I. (1965). [https://books.google.com/books?id=jMJCMQAACAAJ ''Cephalopods of the Seas of the U.S.S.R.''] Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem. viii + 223&nbsp;pp. {{OCLC|557215373}}]</ref>}}

=== Giant Squid Interpretation Site ===
Today, a small heritage centre and a "life-sized", 55-foot giant squid sculpture—collectively known as the Giant Squid Interpretation Site—stand near the site of the specimen's capture<ref name=CBC>Harvey, K. (reporter) (2004). [https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/sizable-squid-in-glovers-harbour-nfld Sizable squid in Glovers Harbour, N.L.]. [video] ''CBC Here & Now'', 23 January 2004.</ref><ref name=museum>Hickey, S. (2009). [http://gfwadvertiser.ca/index.cfm?sid=254138&sc=291 Super squid: Museum set to open next month]. ''Advertiser'' (Grand Falls), 25 May 2009.</ref> and are the community's main tourist attractions.<ref name=AOI /><ref name=travellersguide>[https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/trip-ideas/-/media/Files/travellers-guide/2018-Travellers-Guide-NL.pdf ''2018 Traveller's Guide: Lost and Found'']. Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism, St. John's. 460&nbsp;pp.</ref><ref>McConvey, J.R. (2015). [https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/close-encounters-big-squid/ Close Encounters with a Big Squid]. ''Hakai Magazine'', 11 May 2015.</ref> The sculpture was completed in 2001<ref name=Hynes2012 /> following a [[Finance:Canadian dollar|CA$]]100,000 government contribution (equivalent to {{wipe|United States dollar}}{{Formatnum:{{To USD|100000|CAN|year=2001|r=0}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}); ten thousand visitors were expected in the first year.<ref name=CBC /><ref name=stamp /> It weighs four tonnes and was constructed from a combination of steel, wire mesh, and concrete.<ref name=CBC /><ref name=stamp /><ref name=roadside>[https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/25287 Life-Size Statue of Monster Squid]. RoadsideAmerica.com.</ref> The sculpture was designed by fine arts teacher Don Foulds of Saskatoon{{efn|Foulds was chosen because of his experience building large-scale community monuments in Saskatchewan, including "a giant [[Biology:Turtle|turtle]], a moose and a [[Biology:Woolly mammoth|woolly mammoth]]".<ref name=CBC /><ref name=roadside />}} and built by him and his students, with help from Jason Hussey, Niel McLellan, and Edward O'Neill.<ref name=CBC /><ref name=stamp /> It has been described as "a beautiful reproduction"<!--una bonita reproducción--> by Spanish giant squid experts.<ref>Guerra, Á., Á.F. González, F. Rocha, J. Gracia & L. Laria (2006). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261452295_Enigmas_de_la_ciencia_el_calamar_gigante ''Enigmas de la Ciencia: El Calamar Gigante'']. CEPESMA, Vigo. 313&nbsp;pp. {{ISBN|978-84-609-9999-7}}. {{in lang|es}}</ref> The sculpture featured on a Canada Post stamp issued in 2011 as part of the "Roadside Attractions" series, with a print run of 1,045,000.<ref name=stamp>[https://www.canadianpostagestamps.ca/stamps/18409/the-giant-squid The Giant Squid - Glover's Harbour]. Postage Stamp Guide.</ref><ref>Hickey, S. (2010). [https://www.pressreader.com/canada/advertiser-grand-falls/20100617/textview Canada Post celebrates the giant squid]. ''Advertiser'' (Grand Falls), 17 June 2010. [Reprinted in: [https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-packet-clarenville/20100624/page/32 ''The Packet'' (Clarenville), 24 June 2010, p.&nbsp;32] and ''The Beacon'' (Gander), 30 June 2010, p.&nbsp;A8.]</ref>

The heritage centre opened in 2009 and includes a small museum, a gift shop, and a picnic area.<ref name=museum /><ref name=travellersguide /> The museum details the capture of the Thimble Tickle specimen—including among its collections the "official records of the encounter"<ref name=Machado2021 /> and a "life-sized" replica of the squid's eyeball<ref name=Hynes2012 />—but also the history of the local area and particularly its fishing heritage.<ref name=Machado2021 />

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| File:Thimble Tickle giant squid.jpg |Artist's impression of the Thimble Tickle specimen, from Charles Holder's ''Marvels of Animal Life'' (1885)<ref>Holder, C.F. (1885). [https://archive.org/details/marvelsofanimall00holdrich/page/n7/mode/2up ''Marvels of Animal Life'']. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. x + 240&nbsp;pp. {{OCLC|29790638}}</ref>
| File:Thimble Tickle giant squid sculpture (2).jpg |The "life-sized" concrete and metal sculpture of the Thimble Tickle giant squid, Glovers Harbour (July 2017)
| File:Thimble Tickle giant squid sculpture (3).jpg |Sculpture with accompanying information plaque detailing the specimen's history and recognition by Guinness
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== See also ==
*List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
*List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
*List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
*[[Biology:Museo del Calamar Gigante|Museo del Calamar Gigante]] – giant squid museum in Luarca, Spain
*Noto, Ishikawa – Japanese town with large squid statue as tourist attraction

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* Anon. (2000). Salute to Newfoundland communities: Glovers Harbour. ''The Newfoundland Herald'' vol. 55, no. 8.
* Carberry, N. (2001). Giant squid makes second landing in Glovers Harbour. ''Advertiser'' (Grand Falls) vol. 65, no. 63.
* [http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cemetery/cem-glov-hr-unk-tw.shtml Glover's Harbour: New Cemetery]. Newfoundland's Grand Banks.
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== External links ==
* [https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=114259588626878 Giant Squid Interpretation Site] – Adventure Central Newfoundland


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