The provincial capital of St. John's is less than 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Bell Island.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by Wikipedia and an independent museum-affiliated source, both agreeing on distance and direction. [tier=unverified indep_score=0.375 clusters=1 claim_tier=everyday] [harvest 2026-09-15: +4 source(s) on new hosts; tier unverified->silver indep=0.838 clusters=4] [kind-backfill 2026-09-15: kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador) (wikipedia)
- https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bell-island (corroboration)
- https://www.canadianminingjournal.com/featured-article/the-mines-across-the-tickle-newfoundlands-bell-island/ (corroboration)
- https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/wwii-came-to-bell-island_seconde-guerre-mondiale/gallery/map-of-bell-island-newfoundland-in-1942/ (corroboration)
- https://www.britannica.com/place/Bell-Island (corroboration)
- https://www.tourismbellisland.com/getting-here (corroboration)