St. Bride's, Newfoundland and Labrador

St. Bride's (Irish: Cill Bhríde) is a town on the Cape Shore of Newfoundland, Canada.

Located 166 km Southwest of the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, St. Bride's is a fishing community with a population of approximately 318 people as of 2021.

The largest codfish ever caught, weighing in at 125 lbs, was landed here in 1905.

[citation needed] St. Bride's is the largest community on the Cape Shore, and serves as an administrative centre.

The community is named for the Irish St. Brigid, which reflects the community's traditional history of ties to the southeast of Ireland, the Irish language in Newfoundland, and to the Catholic Church in Canada.