Baie Verte, Newfoundland and Labrador

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Baie Verte
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Baie Verte
Location of Baie Verte in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 49°54′31″N56°11′41″W / 49.90861°N 56.19472°W / 49.90861; -56.19472 [1] Coordinates: 49°54′31″N56°11′41″W / 49.90861°N 56.19472°W / 49.90861; -56.19472 [2]
CountryCanada
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
Incorporated1968
Government
 • MayorShawn Russell
Area
[3]
 • Land371.09 km2 (143.28 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [4]
 • Total1,311
 • Density3.5/km2 (9/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-03:30 (NST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-02:30 (NDT)
Area code 709
Highways NL Route 410.svg Route 410
NL Route 412.svg Route 412

Baie Verte (2021 Population 1,311 [4] ) is a town located on the north coast of the island portion of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador on the Baie Verte Peninsula.

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The French named the area for its greenness, "green bay."

Geography

Baie Verte is one of 42 communities that make up the Emerald Zone which is located in the North Central portion of Newfoundland. Baie Verte dates to the late 19th century, but remained a small village until the discovery of asbestos and other ore bodies of copper, lead, zinc and gold in the mid-1950s when the town underwent major expansion. Bowering Brother's steamers called in the area in the 1950s to transport the ore found here. It became a town in 1968.

The major Baie Verte fault line starts here and runs from here to Long Island Sound by way of Vermont. [5]

Climate

Climate data for Baie Verte
Coordinates 49°55′N56°11′W / 49.917°N 56.183°W / 49.917; -56.183 (Baie Verte) ; elevation: 110 m (360 ft); 1961–1990, extremes 1958–1995
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)11.1
(52.0)		10.6
(51.1)		16.0
(60.8)		20.0
(68.0)		26.7
(80.1)		32.2
(90.0)		34.0
(93.2)		32.2
(90.0)		29.0
(84.2)		23.3
(73.9)		20.0
(68.0)		14.4
(57.9)		34.0
(93.2)
Average high °C (°F)−3.8
(25.2)		−3.7
(25.3)		0.0
(32.0)		3.9
(39.0)		9.6
(49.3)		16.6
(61.9)		21.2
(70.2)		20.0
(68.0)		15.2
(59.4)		9.2
(48.6)		4.0
(39.2)		−1.0
(30.2)		7.6
(45.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)−8.4
(16.9)		−8.9
(16.0)		−4.6
(23.7)		0.1
(32.2)		5.1
(41.2)		11.0
(51.8)		15.6
(60.1)		14.9
(58.8)		10.5
(50.9)		5.1
(41.2)		0.5
(32.9)		−5.0
(23.0)		3.0
(37.4)
Average low °C (°F)−13.1
(8.4)		−14.2
(6.4)		−9.3
(15.3)		−3.8
(25.2)		0.5
(32.9)		5.4
(41.7)		10.1
(50.2)		9.7
(49.5)		5.8
(42.4)		1.0
(33.8)		−2.9
(26.8)		−9.1
(15.6)		−1.7
(28.9)
Record low °C (°F)−28.0
(−18.4)		−33.9
(−29.0)		−30.0
(−22.0)		−20.0
(−4.0)		−13.9
(7.0)		−5.0
(23.0)		0.0
(32.0)		−1.1
(30.0)		−3.9
(25.0)		−11.1
(12.0)		−20.0
(−4.0)		−27.8
(−18.0)		−33.9
(−29.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)106.7
(4.20)		83.9
(3.30)		82.1
(3.23)		70.2
(2.76)		81.6
(3.21)		91.5
(3.60)		72.3
(2.85)		103.0
(4.06)		93.2
(3.67)		105.2
(4.14)		104.5
(4.11)		106.7
(4.20)		1,100.8
(43.34)
Average rainfall mm (inches)17.7
(0.70)		11.6
(0.46)		26.1
(1.03)		32.3
(1.27)		70.6
(2.78)		90.5
(3.56)		72.3
(2.85)		103.0
(4.06)		93.2
(3.67)		100.4
(3.95)		73.3
(2.89)		30.1
(1.19)		721.1
(28.41)
Average snowfall cm (inches)89.0
(35.0)		74.9
(29.5)		57.0
(22.4)		37.8
(14.9)		10.2
(4.0)		0.9
(0.4)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		4.7
(1.9)		30.1
(11.9)		75.5
(29.7)		380.1
(149.7)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm)121011101212121315141313147
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm)213511121213151493100
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm)119862trace000trace51051
Source: 1961-1990 Environment and Climate Change Canada [6]

History

The Baie Verte asbestos deposit was discovered in 1955, and Advocate Mines, a division of the giant Johns-Manville Company, began open-pit mining there in 1963. In the 1970s the town was gripped by a strike by asbestos miners over working conditions which lasted for 15 weeks. The Advocate mine shut down in 1981, was reopened in 1982 by Transpacific Asbestos Ltd., but closed permanently in 1990. [7]

The Point Rousse Project is located within the Baie Verte Mining District, on the Point Rousse/Ming's Bight Peninsula. The Project covers three prospective gold trends: the Scrape Trend, the Goldenville Trend and the Deer Cove Trend. These trends have approximately 20 km of cumulative strike length and include three deposits (Pine Cove, Stog’er Tight and Argyle).

Anaconda Mining has been mining at the Pine Cove open pit mine in Baie Verte continuously since 2010, and has produced in excess of 118,028 ounces of gold. [8]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Baie Verte had a population of 1,311 living in 556 of its 647 total private dwellings, a change of

Notable people

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Baie Verte". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ↑ "Baie Verte". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada.
  3. ↑ "Census Profile, 2016 Census Baie Verte, Town [Census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 "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.
  5. ↑ The Chronicle, September 8, 2008, page 22, "Geologist give talk about Lowell's geologic history"
  6. ↑ Environment Canada—Normals 1961–1990. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "The Baie Verte Asbestos Mines". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Touring Anaconda Mining operation on Baie Verte Peninsula". The Western Star . Saltwire Network. February 15, 2018. Retrieved October 21, 2019.


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