Harry's Harbour is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Twelve persons were engaged in the catching and curing of fish and two were employed as AB seamen in the colony.

4 pigs, and 6 goats as well as having six acres of land under cultivation producing 1 tonne of hay and 86 barrels of potatoes.

Eight persons were engaged in the catching and curing of fish, three were AB seamen employed as fishermen in Newfoundland and other colonies and one was a merchant.

The people in Salmon Cove owned 6 oxen, 3 cows, 6 goats and on 9 acres of land they cultivated 4 tonnes of hay, 150 barrels of potatoes and 6 barrels of turnips plus they made 300 pounds of butter.

In the same year, small boats, of approximately 40 tonnes caught and cured 275 quintals of codfish and produced 180 gallons of cod liver oil.

In 1874 the people of Harry's Harbour owned 4 cows, 10 sheep, 18 pigs and 8 goats.

Of codfish and 120 barrels of capelin valued at 79 pounds sterling were caught and 78 gallons of cod liver oil was produced.

In 1884 5 tonnes of hay and 97 barrels of potatoes were grown on 9 acres of cultivated land.

One vessel of 35 tonnes, with a crew of 6 men and 1 woman, went to the Labrador fishery in 1890 and caught 200 qls.

Inshore fishermen owned 40 small boats ranging in size from 5 to 30 qls.

Forty males and thirty-five females could read and write but none of the 31 children under the age of 15 attended a school.

The livestock consisted of 3 horses, 8 Milch cows, 129 sheep, 67 pigs and 143 fowl.

One person was of English birth and the rest were born ion Newfoundland.

In Harry's Harbour in 1901 there were 8 vessels (total tonnage - 140) engaged in the fishery.

They owned 5 horses, 26 cattle, 163 sheep, 107 pigs, 34 goats and 259 fowl.

In "A YearBook and Almanac of Newfoundland for 1900" it is stated that Robert Upward was the postmaster for Harry's Harbour but the nearest post office was Jackson's Cove or Little Bay.

A Salvation Army church was built with a seating capacity of 100 persons (value - $400).

One hundred thirty two people over the age of 5, could, or were learning to, read and write.

In 1910 one vessel of 56 tonnes and a crew of 6 men, went to Labrador and returned with 39 qls.

In Harry's Harbour 6 vessels with a combined tonnage of 154, employing 26 persons and 64 nets caught 879 qls.

Also 918 gallons of cod liver oil (value of $184), 2,107 barrels of pickled herring ($6,321), and 10 cases of lobsters ($150) were sold.

Five horses, 18 cattle, 129 sheep, 57 goats and 212 fowl comprised the livestock of the community.

There were 56 males and 33 females engaged in the catching and curing of fish, 19 planters, 3 farmers, 1 merchant, 1 government worker and 6 persons otherwise employed.

Nine children were not attending school; 104 persons over the age of 10 could read and write but 29 could not.

The Loyal Orange Association hall, capable of holding 50 persons, was valued at $700.

Approximately 9000 trees were cut for firewood, 210 for fence posts and 20 were wharf sticks (valued at $10 each).

In the inshore fishery, 26 boats, employing 52 persons and using 144 nets and 6 traps, caught 676 qls.

They grew 5 tonnes of hay, 4,400 pounds of cabbage, 80 barrels of turnips (11 were sold) and 3,227 bushels of potatoes (188 bu.

There were 12 horses, 10 ponies, 14 cows, 3 sows, 1 boar, 108 ewes, 1 ram, 64 lambs, 50 female and 1 male goat, 125 chickens (under 1 year old) and 185 hens.