Dover is a small incorporated fishing and lumbering village located in a small cove at the head of Freshwater Bay, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, Canada.

Settled in the early 1890s it was originally known as Shoal Bay, presumably from its many shallow coves and inlets in the area.

The first census taken of the community was in 1891 when seventeen people were counted, both lumbermen and fisherman.

It is the dividing line for Gondwana and Laurentia that was formed by the Iapetus Ocean.

A song in the Broadway musical Come From Away takes place at the lookout over the fault.