Some people say that when John Cabot discovered Newfoundland he actually landed in Griquet rather than Cape Bonavista as it states in history books. The first English settlers at St.Lunaire-Griquet were likely guardians who oversaw the French fishing premises during the winter months and were normally reserved for the migratory French fleet. The first family was S.Hills. The common names were Alcock, Hillier, Elms, Snow, Smith, Manuel, Tucker, Bridger. Young, Thompson, Hynes, and Carroll. The community is divided into many settled areas. Although in more recent times the main road through the area has became built up and the community has run together with St.Lunaire. The community is around two large island strewn harbors.
 

    Hay Cove

 Hay Cove is a small fishing settlement on the Great Northern Peninsula in Maria
Bay between the settlement of Spillers Cove and Lanse aux Meadows. Hay Cove first appeared in the census in 1884 when there were fifteen people living there. The population was exclusively church of England. The population grew slowly in 1891 to nineteen 1935 and thirty-four in 1951. In 1966 the population went from 34 to 60. The people attend Truman Eddison Memorial. In 1982 employment was received by a couple working in the fish plant in St.Anthony.
 

 Noddy Bay

 Noddy Bay had a population of 87 people in 1986 but now it went down to around 50 people. Noddy bay is a small fishing settlement on the northern tips of the northern peninsula west of Quirpon. The bay was well known to navigators and migratory fishermen by the 1700's. Noddy Bay’s first known settler was Thomas Spelt who was sealing in the area in 1774. In 1786 the french settlers was ordered to leave. In mid-1800; settlers came to Noddy bay to fish and seal. Nearby, Quirpon became the focus of conception bay. French names for Noddy bay are Baie aux Mauves or Mauves bay. Noddy’s once nested in Noddy Bay. Noddys were caught and used for bait. In 1869 the census recorded 34 people with the family names of Bartlett, Brewer and Eddison. Eddison was the most popular surname. In the 1900's the family names changed to White, Tucker, Eddison and Hedderson.

St. Lunaire

    St.Lunaire (locally, St.Leonaid’s) is comprised of three settled coves on the north side of St.Lunaire Bay, from east to west: Garden cove, Sleepy cove, and Joe’s cove. The community is divided into several settled areas, although in more recent times the main road through the area has become built up and the community has “run together” somewhat.
    Both harbours were being used by Breton fishermen as early as 1534, when they were visited by Jacques Cartier, and were french fishing stations up until the mid-nineteenth century. The first English settlers of St.Lunaire- Griquet, as else where on the French shore, were likely gardiens who oversaw the French fishing premises during the winter months, and were in return permitted to fishing  grounds which were normally reserved for the migratory French from Newfoundland to settle in St.Lunaire were John and Thomas Patey in 1849.
    Some other founding settlers at St.Lunaire, besides the Patey’s were Ledrews, Busseys, Burdens, Comptons, Colbournes, Curlews, Humbys, Husseys, and Saunders.The first settlers are said to have arrived by 1849: the Patey family at St.Lunaire and the Hills at Griquet. The family names of lower Griquet were Alcock, Hillier, Elms, Snow, Smith, Manuel, Tucker, Bridger, Young, Tompson, Hynes, and Carroll.
    The first census records, from 1857, show 22 people at St.Lunaire, 18 at Griquet and 10 at Fortune. By 1872 it was noted that the French had been in the Griquet area in some years and their old rooms were occupied by about 10 fishing families.
    In 1874 there were 174 people living in the area. The public building in the area was a church of England school/ chapel, built by the rev J.J. Soon there was a methodists school/chapel at white cape Harbour, which also served St.Lunaire. By the turn of the century Griquet was the residence of the magistrate for the area, Mark Alcock. The Methodist was at a place halfway between St.Lunaire and upper Griquet, church of England or Anglican at lower Griquet. There was no school at
St.Lunaire until 1889.
    The first Pentecostal church was built in 1935 and that denomination has since made converts of a significant portion of the population. By 1935 were about 500 people living in St.Lunaire-Griquet, making it in size, second only to St.Anthony among the area’s communities. It has since become the service center for several smaller communities to the North: Quirpon, Noddy Bay, Straitsview, Hay cove, and Lanse-aux-meadows.
 

    Lanse aux Meadows

    Lanse aux Meadows is a fishing community on the northeast tip of the Northern Peninsula. The community name came from the French fishermen in the area during the 1800's and 1900's. By 1884 Lanse aux Meadows had 57 inhabitants but the population began to decline. By 1921 only 15 people lived there permanently. However , the population began to increase when the summer came because the fishermen from southern Newfoundland came to fish cod.
    The first permanent settlers at Lanse aux Meadows were the Deckers who came at 1850. Eventually, more families stayed such as the Andersons who came in 1911, the Colbournes in 1951, and the Heddersons in 1958. A cod oil factory opened in 1924 and a cannery opened in 1930, but shortly after they were both closed.
     Lanse aux Meadows was declared a National Historic park in 1968 and a World Heritage Site in 1978. Tourism has provided some employment , but the fishery has remained the economic mainstay. However the fishery closed in 1991 do to the lack of fish . The population of Lanse aux meadows was approximately 60 people. When the fishery was opened. But shortly after many people left because of no work. Now it is  approximately 37 people.
 

 Quirpon

    Quirpon is located right on the tip of Newfoundland. Quirpon  harbor is the most
northerly harbor in Newfoundland. The name Quirpon has ben spelled in a variety of ways such as Carpon, Curport, and Karpon. The name of the harbor comes from its resemblance to Le Ke-pont’s harbor near St. Malo which were the earliest fishermen came from.
    The explorer Jacques Cartier probably knew of the place before he landed here in 1534(And again in 1541). Quirpon harbor was a well know place for anchored boats. Quirpon Island Blocked most of the wind and rough waters. Their once was at least 30 to 50 fishing boats hear but now you would be lucky to find 5 from the claps of the cod fishery.
    Once their was approximately 250 people in Quirpon, now there is around 140. Some People died while others moved away. Almost every person around hear fished cod but now all of the fish are gone. Now all people have to do is live on their earnings or move away.
 

Straitsview

    Straitsview   is a small community with a  population of around 105  in 1999. In 1991 the population was around 130  people. Straitsview is located near the very tip of the Northern Peninsula about 2km from L’anse aux meadows. The old name for Straitsview is Spillards Cove. This Community was called Spillards Cove until the 1960's. The government changed this name because visitors used to get mixed up in Spillards Cove near Bonavista.
     Straitsview implies a view of the straight of belle isle but only visible from a well
sheltered cove south-eastern. In 1891 the population was 12 people and the family names associated with Eddison , Hedderson , Blake and Tucker. The community of Straitsview has mostly relied on the inshore cod fishery throughout it’s history.