Aquaforte

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Aquaforte
Town
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Aquaforte
Location of Aquaforte in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 47°00′22″N52°57′34″W / 47.00611°N 52.95944°W / 47.00611; -52.95944
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland and Labrador
Incorporated1972
Government
 • MayorDeborah Windsor
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total
74
Time zone UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code 709
Highways NL Route 10.svg Route 10

Aquaforte is a town on the south shore of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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The town's economy has always rested primarily on fishing. The harbour has been used as a seasonal fishing station since the 1670s. British and French hostilities played out in harbors all along the Avalon Peninsula in the 18th century, and Aquaforte was no exception. However, the first permanent residents did not settle in Aquaforte until the early 1800s. [2] It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) from Ferryland and 40 miles (64 km) from St. John's by water. It has one of the safest harbors in the island and cod was its main industry. In 1902 a resident from Norway, Anders Ellefsen, constructed a factory to process whales in the community. The plant operated for a few years but had to shut down around 1908 because of a decline in the whale population. [2] It was incorporated as a community in 1972. [3]

The Aquaforte post office's postal code, A0A 1A0, is the lowest (alphabetically and numerically first) of any central office in Canada.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Aquaforte had a population of 74 living in 43 of its 63 total private dwellings, a change of

CensusPopulation
1836125 [2]
1869213 [2]
1891172 [2]
1921233 [4]
1996172 [5]
2001133 [5]
2006103 [6]
201183 [7]
201680 [8]

See also

47°00′22″N52°57′34″W / 47.00611°N 52.95944°W / 47.00611; -52.95944

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References

  1. 1 2 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Smallwood, Joseph R. (1981). Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador (1. ed., 3. print. ed.). St. John's: Newfoundland Book Publishers. pp. 56–57. ISBN   0-920508-14-6.
  3. ↑ "Irish Loop Community Profile" (PDF). Municipalities NL. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Newfoundland 1921 Census - Aquaforte". Newfoundland's Grand Banks Site. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  5. 1 2 "2001 Community Profile - Aquaforte". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "2006 Community Profiles - Aquaforte". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Census Profile - Aquaforte". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Aquaforte, Town [Census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
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