Moreton's Harbour

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Moreton's Harbour is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on New World Island. The community is sometimes written as Morton's and occasionally as Moreton's. Clarence Wiseman, the tenth General of The Salvation Army from 1974 to 1977, was born at Moreton's Harbour. [1] [2]

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Geography

Moreton's Harbour is in Newfoundland within Subdivision H of Division No. 8. [3]

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Moreton's Harbour recorded a population of 28 down from 113 in 2016. [4]

Arts and culture

Moreton's Harbour is referenced in the chorus of the folk song, I's the B'y, with the lines "Fogo, Twillingate, Moreton's Harbour, all around the circle". [5]

Government

Moreton's Harbour is a local service district (LSD) [6] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. [7] The chair of the LSD committee is Frazer Rideout. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Downhome Magazine".
  2. ↑ "The Knack of Religion".
  3. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)". Statistics Canada. February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
  5. ↑ "Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2005". Archived from the original on 2006-08-26. Retrieved 2006-08-06.
  6. 1 2 "Directory of Local Service Districts" (PDF). Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. October 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

Coordinates: 49°34′04″N54°51′54″W / 49.56778°N 54.86500°W / 49.56778; -54.86500


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