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
Country Canada
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
Area
 • 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 Lighthouse
Cow Head Lighthouse in 2013
LocationCow Head
Newfoundland
Canada
Coordinates49°55′12.28″N 57°49′31.89″W
Year first constructed1905
Automated1952
Deactivated1988
Foundationconcrete base
Constructioncast iron tower
Tower shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / patternwhite tower and lantern, red trim
Tower height5.5 metres (18 ft)
Focal height43 metres (141 ft)
Range15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)
CharacteristicF W
ARLHS numberCAN-680
Managing agentTown of Cow Head[2][3][4]

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. Central and Western Newfoundland The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 15 February 2017
  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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