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==Geography== The district included the south coast of the island of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], the [[Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador|Stephenville]] area, the [[Burin Peninsula]], and the west-central coast of [[Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador|Trinity Bay]] including [[Random Island]], [[Brunette Island]], [[Long Island, Newfoundland and Labrador|Long Island]], [[Merasheen Island]], [[Red Island, Newfoundland and Labrador|Red Island]], and the [[Ramea, Newfoundland and Labrador|Ramea Islands]]. The neighbouring ridings were [[Avalon (electoral district)|Avalon]], [[Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor]], and [[Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte]]. According to [[Elections Canada]], the boundaries of this riding for the [[2006 Canadian federal election|39th General Election]] were: : "All that area consisting of that part of the [[Newfoundland (island)|Island of Newfoundland]] lying southerly and westerly of a line described as follows: commencing at Bluff Head on the eastern shoreline of [[Port au Port Bay]]; thence easterly in a straight line to [[Georges Lake]]; thence easterly in a straight line to the mouth of [[Exploits River|Lloyds River]] at the westernmost extremity of Red Indian Lake [now known as [[Beothuk Lake]]]; thence southerly in a straight line to a point in [[Victoria Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador|Victoria Lake]] at latitude 48°15'N and approximate longitude 57°21'W; thence generally easterly to the intersection of the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] ([[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 1|Route No. 1]]) with [[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 230|Route No. 230]]; thence easterly along Route No. 230 to [[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 230A|Route No. 230A]]; thence easterly in a straight line to [[Ocean Pond, Newfoundland and Labrador|Ocean Pond]]; thence southeasterly in a straight line to [[British Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador|British Harbour]] at the entrance of [[Smith Sound, Newfoundland and Labrador|Smith Sound]] on the north shoreline of [[Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador|Trinity Bay]]; thence southeasterly to said bay; thence southerly along Trinity Bay to the easterly production in Trinity Bay of the northerly limit of the [[Sunnyside, Newfoundland and Labrador|Town of Sunnyside]]; thence westerly along said production and said northerly limit to the Trans-Canada Highway (Route No. 1); thence southerly along said highway to the northerly limit of the [[Come By Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador|Town of Come By Chance]]; thence westerly and southerly along the northerly and westerly limits of said town to the shoreline of [[Placentia Bay]]; thence southerly along the Eastern Channel of Placentia Bay and Placentia Bay to a point approximately 20 km west of [[Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland and Labrador|Cape St. Mary's]]. Including [[Random Island]], [[Ireland's Eye, Newfoundland and Labrador|Ireland's Eye]], [[Merasheen Island]], [[Red Island, Newfoundland and Labrador|Red Island]], [[Long Island, Newfoundland and Labrador|Long Island]], [[Green Island, Newfoundland and Labrador|Green Island]], [[Brunette Island]], [[Penguin Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador|Penguin Islands]], [[Ramea, Newfoundland and Labrador|Ramea Islands]] and all other islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above-described area."
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