All the communities had the same postal address, which was "Tacks Beach, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland".
The main activity of the community was fishing for cod and lobster.
Broad Cove was also the site of a herring factory owned by H.C. Brown that packed herring for the West Indies.
At the herring factory wharf, salt, flour and coal were unloaded for the local market, and salt fish and or herring was picked up for export.
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