Witless Bay

Witless Bay ( NST) is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Located on the Irish Loop, 35 km south of the provincial capital, St. John's, Witless Bay is a small, scenic, traditional Newfoundland outport community. The town had a population of 1179 in the Canada 2011 Census. It is connected to the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve. In September 2013, Action Canada fellow Sébastien Després was elected as Mayor. Witless Bay is the setting for Howard Norman's novel, The Bird Artist.