Whiteway, Newfoundland and Labrador

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Whiteway
Town
Witless Bay (Whiteway), Newfoundland.jpg
Witless Bay in 2023
Whiteway, Newfoundland and Labrador
Interactive map of Whiteway
Coordinates: 47°40′59″N53°27′04″W / 47.68306°N 53.45111°W / 47.68306; -53.45111
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and Labrador
Area
 • Total
22.53 km2 (8.70 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
351
 • Density15.6/km2 (40/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

Whiteway is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 351 in the Canada 2021 Census.

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History

Witless Rock protruding from Witless Bay Witless Rock.jpg
Witless Rock protruding from Witless Bay

Whiteway is located in a large open cove, known as Witless Bay. At the centre of the bay is Witless Rock, "a distinctive and jagged protrusion shown on English maps as early as 1775." [1] The community was known as Witless or Witler's Bay, and was not settled until the mid-1800s.

A family tradition maintains that a man named Burgess, who deserted the ship Royal Gazette at Crocker's Cove in about 1847, was the first permanent settler. Two families were living there in 1869, likely those of Charles Burgess and John Pottle. By 1874 there was a population of 31. [1]

Originally known as Witless Bay, the community was renamed to Whiteway by proclamation on August 13, 1912. [2] This was done to avoid confusion with another Witless Bay, and in honour of former Prime Minister William Whiteway. [1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Whiteway had a population of 351 living in 136 of its 174 total private dwellings, a change of

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Whiteway". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, volume 5. 1994. p. 563.
  2. ↑ Hamilton, William B. Place names of Atlantic Canada.
  3. ↑ "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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47°40′59″N53°27′04″W / 47.68306°N 53.45111°W / 47.68306; -53.45111

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