During the summer the community had mostly French, Roman Catholic residents, who came from France to fish for cod from June to September.

The first names associated with the settlement were Downey, Bailey, Norman, Dobbin, Dow, Demfy, and Drover.

It is likely that the large number of inhabitants recorded in the 1869 census included the French summer fishermen because the population of Coachman's Cove did not go above 200 again until 1921.

By 1952, Coachman's Cove had a public wharf, a Credit Union and a two-room Roman Catholic school.

Coachman's Cove today is a quaint quiet community and still shows signs of its French history.

The uncovering of a new Paleo-Eskimo site in 1999-2000 shows that the area surrounding Coachman's Cove was inhabited approximately 3,000 years ago.