title: Ship Cove-Lower Cove-Jerry's Nose
text: # Ship Cove-Lower Cove-Jerry's Nose
  
  Ship Cove-Lower Cove-Jerry's Nose is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  
  ## History
  
  From the 1970s to present a major limestone quarry began operating at Lower Cove employing 30-40 people.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Ship Cove-Lower Cove-Jerry's Nose is in Newfoundland within Subdivision E of Division No. 4. It is west of Stephenville along the southern coastline of the Port au Port Peninsula on Route 460. It consists of the three adjacent unincorporated fishing communities of Ship Cove, Lower Cove and Jerry's Nose.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ship Cove-Lower Cove-Jerry's Nose recorded a population of 382 living in 189 of its 210 total private dwellings, a change of 7.3% from its 2011 population of 356. With a land area of 17.93 $km^2$ (6.92 sq mi), it had a population density of $21.3/km^2$ (55.2/sq mi) in 2016.
  
  ## Government
  
  Ship Cove-Lower Cove-Jerry's Nose is a local service district (LSD) that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. The chair of the LSD committee is Andrew Campbell.
  
  