Norman's Cove-Long Cove is a municipality in the bottom of Trinity Bay. Norman's Cove - on the west side of Trinity Bay - is one of the oldest communities in the bottom if the bay. Long Cove - located west of Norman's Cove, around 'Chapel Head' - was settled largely by people from Norman's Cove. In the 1700s Chapel Arm was visited by winter crews from Trinity.



      The east side of the Arm was most frequented for cutting ships' timbers - the area known locally as ‘Little Gut’ - but the bottom of the Arm, the site of the community of Chapel Arm was also frequented. Originally most winter work done by employees of the Lester-Garland firm, to cut timbers for shipbuilding at Trinity. 'It is said that the valley of Norman's Cove was thriving with Birch stands. However, coniferous is the predominant stand today.' By the Early 1800s ships were being built at New Harbour (10 Km northeast of Norman's Cove) by shipwright Charles Newhook. Working under Newhook was a brother, James, who by 1826 had begun a shipyard at Norman's Cove. However, some accounts have said it takes its name from the Newhook family, who were of French/’Norman’ stock.