Chance Cove Provincial Park, Provincial park on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Chance Cove is a provincial park on the Avalon Peninsula stretching from the highway to the Atlantic coast across more than 2000 hectares. The park features a cobblestone beach, forest trails for walking, and the contrast between wooded areas and open coastal landscape.
Chance Cove was a small settlement of about 50 people in the mid-19th century; pieces of its forgotten homes were still visible until the late 1980s. The cove is known for shipwrecks of the Atlantic Ocean, though the sources record no single disaster with a death toll.
The name comes from the cove itself, a natural harbour on the Atlantic. In the mid-19th century about 50 people lived here; fragments of their abandoned homes could still be seen until the late 1980s. Visitors now walk the coastal forest paths where that settlement stood.
The park is open mid-June through mid-October and offers camping in parking lot areas with basic facilities. Expect changeable weather while hiking the trails and pack accordingly for wind and moisture.
Chance Cove was a settlement of about 50 people in the mid-19th century; fragments of its forgotten houses could still be seen until the late 1980s. The park lies roughly 20 km south of Renews-Cappahayden, and the nearest larger community is about 18.5 km to the north.
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