St. Bernard's-Jacques Fontaine is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

The town had a population of 525 in theCanada 2006 Census.

History[edit]
The town of St.Bernards-Jacques Fontaine was amalgamated in 1994 from two small fishing
communities.
St. Bernards[edit]
Incorporated as a town in 1967, the community was known as Fox Cove until 1915. The name was
changed to differentiate it from two other communities with the same name. St. Bernards appears to
have been settled in the early 19th century by the Johnson, Stewart, Hodder, and Whelan families.
These were primarily Anglican fishermen and as with many Newfoundland communities, as Roman
Catholic fishermen began to settle there the populations diverged. St. Bernards became
predominantly Roman Catholic, while the nearby communities of Jacques Fontaine and Bay L'Argent
became predominantly Anglican.
Jacques Fontaine[edit]
Incorporated as a town in 1986, this small fishing community is located near the base of the Burin
Peninsula on the east side of Fortune Bayapproximately 3 km east of Bay L'Argent. The origin of the
name is uncertain, perhaps deriving from an early French settler, although it appears on many early
maps as Jack (or Jack's) Fontaine.
Earliest know mention of the location is by James Cook. During his survey of Newfoundland on July
16, 1765, he recorded in his log: "At 7PM anchored with the best bower in a bight called Jack
Fountain, in 10 fathoms water and moored with the small anchor and hawser. At noon weighed and
came to sail."
[citation needed]

The earliest know settler was a Reuben Buffett. Two of his children were born at Jack Fontaine
according to the Grand Bank Methodist Church Records. Charlotte was born 19 December 1819 and
Ambrose was born 21 Nov 1823.
The first recorded census in 1863 labels the community as Tank Fontaine with a population of 33
residents. In 1935, there were 125 residents, noting the most common family names as Johnson,
Pardy, Allen, Harris, Hodder, Bungay, and Brushett. In the early 1980s, the population of Jacques
Fontaine reached 200, most people finding employment in the inshore and long liner fisheries.
See also[edit]
List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
References[edit]
Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893, Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple Street, Salt
Lake City, UT 84150 USA, Burin, Grand Bank (Methodist), Birth 1817-1860, Vol. 108, p. 5,
Record no. 16, Name: Charlotte Buffett, Brandon Hodder