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Welcome to Schooner Island ...

Schooner Island is located on Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula.



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

Time Zone: Schooner 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).

Note: If you travel west from Schooner Island (for example, toward Blanc Sablon (QC)), you will leave Newfoundland Time and cross into the Atlantic Standard Time Zone (AST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Schooner Island is located in the (709) area code.

Communities near Schooner Island ...

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

  • Saint Anthony
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Lunaire - Griquet
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Raleigh
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • North Boat Harbour
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Boat Harbour
    • North Boat Harbour has also been known as:
    • Boat Harbour
  • Cape Onion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Ship Cove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Garden Cove ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Cove
  • Hay Cove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Cove
  • L'Anse aux Meadows
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Big Brook
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Schooner Island ...

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Schooner Island. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.









 

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This page was last modified/updated: 10 Mar 2024