The town is located along Route 510 in Labrador, between L'Anse-au-Clair and L'Anse-au-Loup.

Internet access is available but some areas do not have consistent cell phone service.

[1] The end of war with France and America saw the growth of trade between Jersey and the New World, especially Canada.

By 1763, around a third of the fish being exported from Conception Bay was carried by Jersey vessels.

In the 1780s, a number of Jersey families settled permanently, such as the de Quettevilles in Forteau.