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Welcome to Doctors Harbour ...

Doctors Harbour is located on the south coast of Newfoundland (on the Cabot Strait, north of Fortune Bay at Belle Bay).

A typical abbreviation for Doctors Harbour: Doctors Hbr. (or less commonly used: Doctors Harb. or Doctors Hrbr.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Doctors Harbour for more information about variations on the name of Doctors Harbour.

Time Zone: Doctors Harbour lies in the Newfoundland Time Zone (NST/NDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: NST- Heure Normale de Terre-Neuve (HNT), NDT- Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT).

Area Codes for Doctors Harbour: 709 & 879<1>

Communities near Doctors Harbour ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Doctors Harbour.

  • Saint Jacques - Coombs Cove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Belleoram
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pools Cove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • English Harbour East
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Rencontre East
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Bay du Nord ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Corbin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
  • Corbin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
  • Hare Harbour
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Andersons Cove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Doctors Harbour ...

Looking for more information about Doctors Harbour? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Doctors Harbour, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Doctors Harbour.

Footnotes ...

<1>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 709 code has been Overlayed with the 879 area code. New phone numbers in the Doctors Harbour area will be assigned with one of these codes: 709 or 879. As a result, placing a call in the Doctors Harbour area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.