Cupids

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Cupids

Total population

761

Founded

1610

Coordinates47.55°, -53.22°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Cupids is a town of 699 people on Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It has also been known as Coopers, Copers Cove, Cuper's Cove, and Cuperts. It is the oldest continuously settled official British colony in Canada. Cupids is believed to be the site of the first child born of English parents in the country. The town was established by Englishman John Guy in 1610.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Books about Cupids

Ecclesiastical history of Newfoundland

M. F. Howley · 1888

Cupids

Paul Butler · 2010

Early European settlement and exploitation in Atlantic Canada

G. M. Story · 1982

Search results from Open Library.

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