Pinsent's Arm depends on the community of Charlottetown for various services. Such services include the airstrip, Canada Post, clinic and the local high school for students to further their education in levels I, II and III. They also receive electricity from the generated diesel plant in Charlottetown.

Until the recent cod moratorium in 1992, the main source of income for the people of Pinsent's Arm was the cod fishery. Today it is the local fish plant owned by the Labrador Fisherman's Union Shrimp Company. Currently, they process whelk, scallop and sometimes collect crab.

  1. Fill in the blanks.

  1. Pinsent's Arm got its' name from ____________________

  2. _______________________________________________ provides the service of carrying passengers and freight during summer months.

  3. A __________________ was built in Pinsent's Arm in 1976.

  4. Until the late 1950's most residents fished at ___________________, Triangle, and other villages at the mouth of _______________.

  5. There is a _______________________ that holds special events, meetings, and various forms of entertainment.


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