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Select one of the areas on the map or legend below to view their boundary description.

      

  

Avalon/Swift Current

   All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at Friar Head in Fortune Bay;
  
   Then northward following the eastern shoreline of Long Harbour and the Long
Harbour River a distance of approximately 40 kilometres to the location where the Bay d’Espoir transmission line crosses the Long Harbour River;
   
   Then following straight lines to the Tolt and the northern extremity of Whitehead
Pond;
  
   Then following the north shore of Whitehead Pond and the eastern shore of Pipers
Hole River to Route 210;
  
   Then following Route 210 to Goobies on the Trans Canada Highway;
  
   Then following the Trans Canada Highway in a southerly direction to its junction with
the local road providing access to the community of Sunnyside;
  
   Then following the local road providing access to the Town of Sunnyside to the
shoreline of Trinity Bay;
  
   Then following the shorelines of Trinity, Conception, St. Mary’s and Placentia Bays to the point where the shoreline meets the Piper’s Hole River, thence following the
eastern shoreline of the Piper’s Hole River in a general northerly direction to the
bridge that crosses the Burin Peninsula Highway, Route 210;
  
   Then following Route 210 in a generally southerly direction to its intersection with the
Terrenceville Highway;
  
   Then following the north side of the Terrenceville highway to the shoreline of Fortune
Bay;
  
   Then following the shoreline of Fortune Bay to the point of commencement, including
all offshore islands lying counter-clockwise from Friar Head, Fortune Bay, to the
community of Sunnyside, Trinity Bay.

Burin Peninsula  

   All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the
community of Terrenceville;
  
   Then following the Terrenceville Highway to its intersection with the Burin Peninsula
Highway Route 210;
  
   Then following Route 210 in a generally northerly direction to where it crosses the
bridge on the Piper’s Hole River;
  
   Then following the eastern shore of Piper's Hole River in a southerly direction to its
mouth in Placentia Bay;
  
   Then following the shoreline of Placentia and Fortune Bay to the point of
commencement, excluding all offshore islands.


The Topsails

   All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the mouth
of Hinds Brook in Grand Lake;
   
   Then following the southeastern shoreline of Grand Lake, Sandy Lake and Birchy Lake to the eastern end of Birchy Lake;
  
   Then following a straight line to the closest point on the Trans Canada Highway;
   
   Then following the Trans Canada Highway in a generally easterly and southerly
direction to Badger;
  
   Then following a straight line to the closest point on the south bank of the Exploits
River;
  
   Then following the Exploits River to Exploits Dam;
  
   Then following the shoreline of Red Indian Lake in first, a generally northerly direction
and then, a westerly direction to the mouth of Buchan’s Brook;
  
   Then following Buchan’s Brook to Buchan’s Lake;
  
    Then following the western shoreline of Buchan’s Lake to it’s northwestern extremity;
  
   Then following a straight line to the southeastern extremity of Hind’s Lake;
  
   Then following the eastern shoreline of Hind’s Lake to its outlet in Hind’s Brook;
  
   Then following the south bank of Hind’s Brook to the point of commencement.

Fair Haven

   All that area of the Avalon Peninsula of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a
line beginning at the Chance Cove intersection with the Trans Canada Highway;
  
   Then following a straight line in a southerly direction for approximately 50 metres to
the northern shore of Gull Pond;
  
   Then following the northern and western shore of Gull Pond to its southern extremity;
  
   Then following a straight line for a distance of approximately 300 metres to the eastern shore of Big Gull Pond;
  
   Then following the eastern shore of Big Gull Pond to its south eastern extremity;
  
   Then following the eastern shores of the string of brooks and ponds leading
southwest to where they empty into Placentia Bay near Little Pinchgut Cove;
  
   Then following the coastline in a generally southerly direction to the mouth of
Maturin Brook near the community of Long Harbour;
  
   Then following the eastern shores of Maturin Brook and Maturin Ponds to the
headwaters where it intersects the railway line;
  
   Then following the railway line in a southerly direction to its intersection with the
transmission line, a distance of approximately 2 kilometres;
  
   Then following the transmission line in a northeasterly direction to the Trans Canada
Highway;
  
   Then following the Trans Canada Highway to the point of commencement.


Remainder of the Island

   All that area of the Island of Newfoundland not described in the above areas.
  
  
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