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The town is named after a nearby bay, named in turn by James Cook (1728 - 1779) after HMS Lark, one of the ships used during his survey of the Newfoundland coast.
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The town is named after a nearby bay, named in turn by James Cook (1728 - 1779) after HMS Lark, one of the ships used during his survey of the Newfoundland coast.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.