Aguathuna
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Aguathuna is a small village located on the Port au Port Peninsula of the Island of Newfoundland, Canada. The nearest large service area is Stephenville.
The area grew from workers at the nearby limestone mine site at Jack of Clubs Cove. The Dominion Iron and Steel Company opened a quarry there in 1911. The quarry's manager, Arthur House, wanted to rename the cove from Jack of Clubs Cove as it would never have been treated with serious respect. The then Archbishop M.F. Howley suggested Aguathuna believing it to be a Beothuk word for white stone. That name was chosen by residents over the other alternative, Limeville..[1]
Its Post Office began on April 1st 1949 and is still going. it had 130 people in 1951 and 130 in 1956.
In 1970 the town amalgamated with two other communities and became incorporated as Port au Port West-Aguathuna-Felix.
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- ^ Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Volume Four, (p 386 - 388) ISBN 0-9693422-2-5
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