The district included the
Great Northern Peninsula, the
Baie Verte Peninsula, the area along the southwest coast of
Notre Dame Bay, the
Bay of Islands, and the
Corner Brook area. It also included most of
Glover Island, the
Grey Islands (
Groais Island and
Bell Island), and the
Horse Islands. The neighbouring ridings were
Labrador,
Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, and
Random—Burin—St. George's. According to
Elections Canada, the geographic boundaries for the
39th General Election (2006) were: : "All that area consisting of that part of the
Island of Newfoundland lying westerly and northerly of a line described as follows: commencing at a point midway between the towns of
Triton and
Leading Tickles in
Notre Dame Bay; thence southerly in said bay to
Seal Bay; thence southerly in a straight line to
Frozen Ocean Lake at approximate latitude 49°11'N and approximate longitude 55°41'W; thence westerly in a straight line to
Hinds Lake; thence southerly in a straight line to the mouth of
Lloyds River at the westernmost extremity of
Red Indian Lake; thence westerly in a straight line to
Georges Lake; thence westerly in a straight line to Bluff Head on the eastern shoreline of
Port au Port Bay. Including
St. John Island,
Quirpon Island,
Sop's Island,
Bell Island and
Groais Island of the
Grey Islands,
Horse Islands and all other islands adjacent to the shoreline of the above-described area." ==History==