Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador

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Rocky Harbour
Small Bay, Little Harbour
Town
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Rocky Harbour
Location of Rocky Harbour in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 49°35′40″N57°55′10″W / 49.59444°N 57.91944°W / 49.59444; -57.91944 [1]
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland and Labrador
Incorporated1966
Population
 (2016) [2]
 • Total947
Time zone UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code 709
Highways NL Route 430.svg Route 430
Website www.rockyharbour.ca

Rocky Harbour is a town located on the western edge of Newfoundland, near the entrance to Bonne Bay. [1] The harbour was previously known as Small Bay or Little Harbour. [3] This town is home to Gros Morne National Park, a World Heritage Site.

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History

Arrowheads show that Mi'kmaw once inhabited the area. [4] During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the harbour was frequented by the early French fisherman when it came under the French Shore fishery. The first year Rocky Harbour appeared in the census figures was in 1874, when it had a population of 35. [3]

A post office was established there in 1900. [4] It became a Local Government Community in April 1966. Following the opening of Gros Morne National Park in 1973, the population further increased and services such as an RCMP detachment were added. [3] area. It had a population of 357 in 1921. [3] In 2011, the population was 979. [2]

Rocky Harbour is a key tourist town in central Gros Morne National Park, offering nature and scenery viewing, and access to hiking trails. The town's only school, Gros Morne Academy, is also home to the Rocky Harbour Public Library. Neighbouring communities include Norris Point and Neddie's Harbour. Rocky Harbour has two exits from Newfoundland and Labrador Route 431.

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Rocky Harbour at sunset

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rocky Harbour had a population of 937 living in 436 of its 556 total private dwellings, a change of

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rocky Harbour". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  2. 1 2 "Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador (Code 1009013) and Newfoundland and Labrador (Code 10) (table). Census Profile". Canada 2016 Census . Statistics Canada. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador ( ISBN   0-9693422-1-7), p.616
  4. 1 2 http://www.rockyharbour.ca/our_history.php Our History. Retrieved 2012-06-24
  5. ↑ "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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