[1] Safe Harbour was situated on the northern shore of Bonavista Bay, between Greenspond and the Valleyfield, Badger’s Quay, Pool's Island area.
Originally Safe Harbour was known as Puddingbag Cove and still is identified by that name on many marine charts and topographical maps.
The first inhabitants arrived in 1860 from the neighbouring settlements of Pools Island, Greenspond, Badgers Quay and Wesleyville.
During the late 1930s and early 1940s, many Safe Harbour families moved to Corner Brook where the men obtained permanent full-time jobs at the paper mill.
In the 1950s, those remaining families began to move to the nearby communities of Badger’s Quay and Valleyfield, floating their houses across the water or dragging them on the winter ice.