History
The Town of Humber Arm South consists of people who resettled from Wood's Island, Newfoundland and Labrador and several former communities such as:
- Frenchman's Cove
- Benoit's Cove: a postal and fishing outlet on the South Shore of Bay of Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador as of 1911. The Way Office was established in 1887. The first waymaster was James Evitt. It had a population of 76 in 1911 and 295 in 1956.
- Halfway Point: a small place with only one family as early as 1864. Mail service closed in 1966 and it had a population of 146 in 1956.
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