St. John's, the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, is less than 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Bell Island.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by Wikipedia and an independent heritage archive source, both agreeing on the ~20 km east-west distance between St. John's and Bell Island.
Sources
- Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador) (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bell-island (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
- https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/wwii-came-to-bell-island_seconde-guerre-mondiale/gallery/map-of-bell-island-newfoundland-in-1942/ (communitystories.ca)
- https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Bell-Island/St-John-s (rome2rio.com)
- https://www.tourismbellisland.com/getting-here (tourismbellisland.com)