Canada
Atlantic Canada
Newfoundland & Labrador

Lancaster

Lancaster is a ghost town north of Catalina, also known as Lance Cove. The community was largely depopulated in the late 1960s, and was not reported in the census after 1966.
Tap on a place
to explore it
Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: human settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  • Also known as: “Lancaster, Newfoundland and Labrador”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bonavista and Elliston.

Photo: David Ooms, CC BY 2.0.
is a city in . It is located at the northern tip of the eponymous Peninsula.

Village
Photo: Kenny Louie, CC BY 2.0.
is an incorporated fishing settlement situated on the of , . Incorporated in 1965, the town of was once called Bird Island Cove and it is composed of a number of communities, North Side, Noder Cover, Centre, Point, Porter's Point, Sandy Cove, The Neck and . is situated 4 km southeast of Lancaster.

Hamlet
is a tiny coastal hamlet at the end of route 238-II on the on the with a permanent year-round population of about 20. is situated 6 km southeast of Lancaster.

Lancaster

Latitude
48.66037° or 48° 39′ 37″ north
Longitude
-53.05779° or 53° 3′ 28″ west
Open location code
88W8MW6R+4V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1446753209
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
6049142
Wiki­data ID
Q6483080
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Lancaster from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Irish—“Lancaster” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لانكستر”
  • Esperanto: “Lankastro”
  • Irish: “Lancaster”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Lancaster”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Spillars Cove and Lance Cove.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cable John Cove Puffin Colony and the Chimney.

Newfoundland and Labrador: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into St. John’s, Gros Morne National Park, Corner Brook, and Bonavista.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lancaster”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.