Codroy is a community in the

Codroy Valley The Codroy Valley is a valley in the southwestern part of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Codroy Valley is a glacial valley formed in the Anguille Mountains, a sub-range of the Long Range ...

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, Canada. It is a village with about 258 inhabitants, with most living in homes along Newfoundland and Labrador Route 406, the main road in the community.

History

The name "Codroy" is a contraction of the French ''Cap de Ray'', pronounced and spelled as one word ("Cadarri"). The

is 10 km north of

Cape Ray Cape Ray is a headland located at the southwestern extremity of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the site of the Cape Ray Lighthouse. It is located opposite Cape North on Cape Breton Island ...

. There were different spellings until Captain Cook surveyed the area in 1765 and named it "Cod Roy" on his map, which remained the name since. The village was part of a settlement process that began with English, French, and Mi'kmaq settlers in the late 1700s. Between 1820s to 1840s, Acadians and Irish Catholics began to migrate to the settlement. Codroy Island is connected to the mainland by a breakwater causeway constructed to shelter Codroy Harbour and decrease erosion of land near the coastal regions of the village.

Attractions

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, a

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-style wood church built in 1913 to replace the 1906 church destroyed in a wind storm in 1912, is a registered heritage structure. The church has a large cemetery with about 400 graves. Codroy remains predominantly

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after most surrounding area residents became

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. The Grand Codroy Estuary is nearby, as is Point Rosee, once thought to be a possible Norse site.

Employers

Codroy Seafoods Incorporated, which processes shellfish and groundfish and exports them to other places in North America and Europe, is the largest employer. It operates a fish processing facility in Codroy Harbour. Fishing trawlers and other fishing vessels dock in the harbour, which is maintained by

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. Other businesses in the village include Oceanview Seniors Club - a social club in the building near the harbour.

Local services

Codroy Fire Hall located next to Holy Trinity Church on Holy Trinity Church Road provides fire suppression and ambulance service in the village. There are no hospitals or clinics in Codroy, the closest medical facility is a clinic in

Channel-Port aux Basques Channel-Port aux Basques is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of Newfoundland fronting on the western end of the Cabot Strait. A Marine Atlantic ferry terminal is located in the town which is the primary entry point onto the island of Newf ...

to the south. The closest school is Belanger Memorial School, a high school in Upper Ferry, Newfoundland and Labrador.

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* Populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador {{Newfoundland-geo-stub