Corner Brook
James Cook, the famous British cartographer and explorer was the
first to survey and record the geography of the Bay of Islands,
including the area that is now Corner Brook. Throughout the summer
of 1767 he surveyed most of the area, and copies of the maps he
created are displayed at the Captain James Cook Monument in Corner
Brook.
The area was originally four distinct communities with unique
commercial activities. Curling, with its fishery; Corner Brook West
(also known as Humber West or Westside) with its retail businesses;
Corner Brook East (also known as Humbermouth and the Heights) with
its railway and industrial operations; and Townsite (known as Corner
Brook), home to the employees of the pulp and paper mill. In 1956,
these four communities were amalgamated to form the present-day City
of Corner Brook.
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