Brigus South is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador on the Avalon Peninsula.

An ancient fishing settlement situated between Witless Bay and Cape Broyle in a small cove.

As the names and dates of various early maps suggest, Brigus South was known by French and Portuguese mariners in the 16th and 17th centuries.

A ship called the Hammer, by locals, but officially named The John and Maria, went ashore in Timber Cove in 1857 with the loss of 18 men.

A prominent man from Brigus, Thomas Battcock sat in the Newfoundland House of Assembly, from 1870 to 1873 having been elected as part of Charles Fox Bennett's anti-confederation government.

A Chapel was erected in the Community under the direction of Father Michael Kennedy (date unknown).

[2] The economy was based on small boat inshore fishery and reported a catch of 480 quintals of fish that year.