Heart's Delight-Islington

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Heart's Delight-Islington
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Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland and Labrador
Government
 • MayorClayton Branton
Area
 • Total27.27 km2 (10.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total646
 • Density24.7/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code 709
Highways NL Route 80.svg Route 80

Heart's Delight-Islington is a town on the south side of Trinity Bay in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on Newfoundland and Labrador Route 80. The Post Office was established in 1954. The first Postmistress was Maggie Chislett.

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Location

The town is located on Route 80 between Cavendish and Heart's Desire. It is about 15 minutes from the Pitcher's Pond Golf Course, and 30 minutes from Carbonear in Conception Bay.

Etymology

There are severals stories about the origin of the name "Heart's Delight." One is that it was named by a traveler who arrived in the cove and found his "Heart's Delight" there:

...the name Heart's Delight was given to create a favourable impression. Local tradition maintains that the community was given its name by weary travellers who were "delighted" by the beauty of the place. The harbour of Heart's Delight is also said to resemble the shape of a heart. [1]

Another theory says that Heart's Delight and the communities of Heart's Desire and Heart's Content were named after fishing vessels, the Heart's Delight, the Heart's Desire and the Heart's Content, that fished out of the surrounding harbour during the fishery in the 17th and 18th centuries. [2]

History

Heart's Delight was settled in the late 18th century. The earliest reference to Heart's Delight in the Trinity parish records is the birth of Elizabeth Wolfrey, daughter of William and Elizabeth, in 1785. The first settler is believed to have been a man named Bryant, and the first official Census in 1836 recorded a population at 167, 165 Protestant Dissenters and two Roman Catholics. [1]

In 1887, the population was recorded at 357, which included 60 married couples, 6 widowers, 6 widows, and 4 orphans. [3]

The font in the Anglican church was donated by the vicar of Kingskerswell, Devon, England, in about 1893. [4]

Construction of two new concrete bridges in the community was undertaken in 1963. [5]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Heart's Delight-Islington had a population of 646 living in 315 of its 427 total private dwellings, a change of

Trivia

Danielle Seward represented Heart's Delight-Islington in the Miss Teen Newfoundland & Labrador Pageant in 2007. She was crowned the winner of the pageant that year.

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References

  1. 1 2 Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. Vol. 2. St. John's: Newfoundland Book Publishers (1967) Ltd. 1984. pp. 896–897.
  2. ↑ "Heart's Delight - Islington, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador". Archived from the original on 2009-11-27. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  3. ↑ Newfoundland Census and Return 1874. 1874. p. 44.
  4. ↑ Carswella Local History Group (2003). The Book of Kingskerswell. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 41. ISBN   1-84114-236-0.
  5. ↑ "Bridge Building". Daily News. 1963-12-31. p. 27. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "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.

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