Welcome to Sailors Island ...

Sailors Island is located on the east coast of Newfoundland (at Bonavista Bay).

A typical abbreviation for Sailors Island: Sailors Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Sailors Island for more information about variations on the name of Sailors Island.

Time Zone: Sailors Island 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 Sailors Island: 709 & 879<1>

Communities near Sailors Island ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sailors Island.

Glovertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glovertown
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glovertown <2>
Hare Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hare Bay
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hare Bay <2>
Dover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
Eastport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastport
- Former name for Eastport:
- Salvage Bay
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eastport <2>
Traytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traytown
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Traytown <2>
Sandringham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandringham
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Happy Adventure
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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Plate Cove West
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
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- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plate Cove West <2>
Saint Brendan's
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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- Former name for Saint Brendan's:
- Haywards Cove
Plate Cove East
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
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TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sailors Island ...

Looking for more information about Sailors Island? 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 Sailors Island, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sailors Island.

Footnotes ...

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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 Sailors Island area will be assigned with one of these codes: 709 or 879. As a result, placing a call in the Sailors Island area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).

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