New Chelsea-New Melbourne-Brownsdale-Sibley's Cove-Lead Cove

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New Chelsea-New Melbourne-Brownsdale-
Sibley's Cove-Lead Cove
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Location in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 48°02′00″N53°10′00″W / 48.03333°N 53.16667°W / 48.03333; -53.16667 Coordinates: 48°02′00″N53°10′00″W / 48.03333°N 53.16667°W / 48.03333; -53.16667
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland and Labrador
Census division Division 1
Census subdivisions Subdivision F
Area
  Total14.60 km2 (5.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
  Total494 [1]
  Density34.5/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
  Summer (DST) UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code 709

New Chelsea-New Melbourne-Brownsdale-Sibley's Cove-Lead Cove is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Geography

New Chelsea-New Melbourne-Brownsdale-Sibley's Cove-Lead Cove is in Newfoundland within Subdivision F of Division No. 1. [2] It consists of five unincorporated communities on the Trinity Bay side of the northern tip of the Bay de Verde Peninsula.

Communities

New Chelsea
New Melbourne

This small village was originally called Russells Cove, and circa 1864 housed some 16 families.[ citation needed ]

Brownsdale

Tradition has it that John Brown, who had migrated from Old Perlican around 1820, was the first settler in Brownsdale. He had established a sawmill there and was Brownsdale's first merchant. The original name of Brownsdale, Trinity Bay was Lance Cove South; the name was changed around 1910 to provide distinction from the other two Lance Coves on the island.

Brownsdale's first school was built in 1856 to accommodate twenty pupils. The village's first church was Wesleyan, constructed in 1870; the current church, the United Church of Brownsdale, was built in 1892. In 1958 a new high school was built and named for Newfoundland poet E. J. Pratt.

Sibley's Cove

Sibley's Cove is usually considered to include Torquay (pronounced tarquay), a cluster of houses on the East End of the cove. It is believed that the cove was probably named after a migrating fisherman.

Prior to 1871, the community had been renamed New Melbourne. [3]

Lead Cove

Lead Cove may take its name from the lead-grey rock that surrounds the shallow cove. Tradition also tells that Lead Cove may have received its name from one of its earliest settler, Abraham Button, who felt that he had been "led" to this site from Old Perlican in his search for a place to settle.

Climate

Climate data for New Chelsea-New Melbourne-Brownsdale-Sibley's Cove-Lead Cove
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)15
(59)
14
(57)
17.2
(63.0)
21
(70)
26
(79)
28.9
(84.0)
30.6
(87.1)
29
(84)
26.1
(79.0)
22.8
(73.0)
21.1
(70.0)
15.6
(60.1)
30.6
(87.1)
Average high °C (°F)−0.2
(31.6)
−0.6
(30.9)
1.9
(35.4)
5.3
(41.5)
10.2
(50.4)
15.6
(60.1)
20.4
(68.7)
19.6
(67.3)
16
(61)
10.9
(51.6)
6.9
(44.4)
2.2
(36.0)
9
(48)
Daily mean °C (°F)−3.4
(25.9)
−3.9
(25.0)
−1.3
(29.7)
2.2
(36.0)
6.3
(43.3)
11.1
(52.0)
15.8
(60.4)
15.8
(60.4)
12.5
(54.5)
7.8
(46.0)
4.1
(39.4)
−0.7
(30.7)
5.5
(41.9)
Average low °C (°F)−6.7
(19.9)
−7.3
(18.9)
−4.5
(23.9)
−1.1
(30.0)
2.4
(36.3)
6.6
(43.9)
11.1
(52.0)
11.9
(53.4)
8.9
(48.0)
4.8
(40.6)
1.3
(34.3)
−3.7
(25.3)
2
(36)
Record low °C (°F)−20
(−4)
−25
(−13)
−23
(−9)
−10.6
(12.9)
−6.7
(19.9)
−4
(25)
0.6
(33.1)
0.6
(33.1)
−1.1
(30.0)
−3
(27)
−9.5
(14.9)
−19.4
(−2.9)
−25
(−13)
Average precipitation mm (inches)118.9
(4.68)
106.6
(4.20)
97.7
(3.85)
81.4
(3.20)
82.9
(3.26)
87.1
(3.43)
63.5
(2.50)
103.9
(4.09)
97.8
(3.85)
121.2
(4.77)
113.5
(4.47)
107
(4.2)
1,181.5
(46.52)
Source: 1961-1990 Environment Canada [4]

Geology

All of these communities are underlain by Precambrian bedrock of the Big Head Formation, chiefly gray to green arkose and siltstone. [5] Soils are stony loam podzols and are mapped as Turk's Cove series except at Lead Cove which lies on the less well drained Old Perlican series. [6]

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, New Chelsea-New Melbourne-Brownsdale-Sibley's Cove-Lead Cove recorded a population of 494 living in 221 of its 326 total private dwellings, a change of

Government

New Chelsea-New Melbourne-Brownsdale-Sibley's Cove-Lead Cove is a local service district (LSD) [8] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. [9] The chair of the LSD committee is Terry Button. [8]

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References

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