Fogo Island, the largest of Newfoundland's offshore islands, lies off the northeast coast near Lewisporte and Twillingate. The island is about 25 km long and 14 km wide. The total area is 237.71 km² (91.78 sq mi).
The Island consists of eleven communities and had a population of 2,706 people in the 2006 census.
The original settlement of the island took place in the 18th century and the area remained isolated well into the 20th century. The English and Irish descendants of the first inhabitants retained traces of their Elizabethan English and Old Irish dialects which can be heard on the Island today. The Island has many ancient folk customs brought from England and Ireland that are now disappearing.
