South East Bight

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South East Bight
Local service district / designated place
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South East Bight
Location of South East Bight in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 47°23′0″N54°35′0″W / 47.38333°N 54.58333°W / 47.38333; -54.58333 Coordinates: 47°23′0″N54°35′0″W / 47.38333°N 54.58333°W / 47.38333; -54.58333
Country Canada
Province Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg  Newfoundland and Labrador
Population
 (2021)
 • Total169
Time zone UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code 709
Highways Ferry Sign.svg Ferry to Petit Forte

South East Bight (SEB) or Southeast Bight is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on the western shore of Placentia Bay on the Burin Peninsula. The community is not connected by road and is only accessible by ferry from Petite Forte. Many people from the community travel to Monkstown in the winter by snowmobile, but is very uncommon to try to get there in the summer, because of marsh, bogs, ponds and hills. To get to South East Bight one must travel towards Marystown on the Burin Peninsula, turn off the highway at Boat Harbour, travel to Petite Forte and then take a half-hour ferry ride to South East Bight. [1] [2] [3]

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While there are a few vehicles on South East Bight, ATVs are the main form of transportation.

History

South East Bight was originally settled by the Handlins in 1835. By 1836 the population had risen to about 30 people, all of Roman Catholic religion. A census taken in 1871 showed that the main families were Dunphy, Hayne, Hefferon, Hunt, Pitman, Reddy, Ward, and Wight.

The community name came from the direction one takes to reach the community, and bight refers to a wide inlet in the coast. The first settlers of South East Bight came in the early 1850s from England and Ireland. These settlers were people involved in the fishery. In the late 19th century South East Bight was a very busy place, with a commercial farm, a slate quarry and a couple of lobster factories. Fishing was the main occupation and remains so today. In the 19th century the population was about 30 families and by the 1930s it dropped to about five families then grew to about 30 families again in the 1950s. When resettlement occurred in the 1960s many people left the community but nine families came in from surrounding places like Darby's Harbour, Clattice Harbour, and Channels Harbour. Many of these families still live in the community and return to these resettled communities to visit their cabins. The community is fully Roman Catholic religion and every family is supported by the fishery. Family names that remain today are Lake, Ward, Whyte, Hefferan, Jones, Murphy, Brewer and Hepditch.

South East Bight once had a small slate mine operating but the venture was not feasible and was quickly closed down. Years ago the men traveled to the lumber woods and to mines in places like St. Lawrence, to work in the fall to get extra money to supplement the fishing income.

Hurricane Larry made landfall near South East Bight late in the evening of September 10, 2021. [4]

Geography

Southeast Bight is in Newfoundland within Subdivision C of Division No. 2. [5]

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Southeast Bight recorded a population of 92 living in 36 of its 46 total private dwellings, a change of

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St. Anne's School

Government

Southeast Bight is a local service district (LSD) [7] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. [8] The chair of the LSD committee is Kevin Whyte. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Gale, Paula (November 25, 2017). "Faces and Places: A peek inside the isolated outport of South East Bight". cbc.ca. CBC News. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  2. ↑ "South East Bight – Petite Forte ferry schedule". Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "N.L. ferries made 4,100 trips with no passengers last year". CBC. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  4. ↑ Blake, Eric (September 10, 2021). Hurricane Larry Tropical Cyclone Update (Report). National Hurricane Center Miami, Florida. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)". Statistics Canada. February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Directory of Local Service Districts" (PDF). Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. October 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
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