Chance Cove Provincial Park
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Chance Cove Provincial Park, is a provincial park
located approximately 20 km south of Renews-Cappahayden, Newfoundland and Labrador
. Chance Cove was once the site of a small settlement of approximately 50 people in the mid-19th century, and is home to many shipwreck
s of the Atlantic Ocean
. Until the late 1980s, pieces of the forgotten homes were still visible.
Provincial park
A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...
located approximately 20 km south of Renews-Cappahayden, Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
. Chance Cove was once the site of a small settlement of approximately 50 people in the mid-19th century, and is home to many shipwreck
Shipwreck
A shipwreck is what remains of a ship that has wrecked, either sunk or beached. Whatever the cause, a sunken ship or a wrecked ship is a physical example of the event: this explains why the two concepts are often overlapping in English....
s of the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
. Until the late 1980s, pieces of the forgotten homes were still visible.