This incorporated community of 85 people is located on a rocky inlet that combines Nipper's Harbour and Noble's Cove, and where the primary industry is the inshore fishery.

In 2013, the town voted 98% in favour of resettlement; however, the provincial government refused to offer financial compensation to the residents, arguing that it would be more cost efficient for them to not resettle.

[1][2] In 2021, the local school, Bayview Primary, closed due to no enrolment.

"[4] Nipper's Harbour is on the east coast of the Baie Verte Peninsula and part of the Notre Dame Bay waterway.

By road, it is approximately 200 km north of Deer Lake International Airport, and roughly 650 km northwest via the Trans Canada Highway from the provincial capital, St. John's.