(pop. 1981, 129). Since 1985 Indian Pond and nearby Seal
Cove qv have been part of the incorporated community of Conception
Bay South qv. Located at the eastern side of Holyrood Bay, near its
mouth, the shores of Indian Pond first attracted settlers in the mid-1800s.
Early family names associated with Indian Pond are Dawe and Morgan, who came
to the area from Port de Grave in search of good farm land with ready access
to the sea. Settlement in the area was further encouraged in the 1880s when
the railway line to Harbour Grace was routed through Indian Pond. It was first
recorded as a separate community in the Census of 1884 with a
population of 74 Church of England adherents in 13 families. Indian Pond had
one school but no church reported in the Census of 1884 although in
later years a citadel was constructed to serve a number of Salvation Army
families in the area known as Quarry Brook. The community appeared only
intermittently in subsequent census reports. In 1968 construction began on a
thermal electric generating plant at Indian Pond. The plant and the south end
of the Pond were subsequently included within the boundaries of the adjoining
municipality of Holyrood qv.
Conception Bay South 
