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Iona, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada
Iona was a small community in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador made up of small islands that used to be inhabited. The islands were once called The Ram's or Ram's Islands. History The population was reported to be 197 in the 1836 Census (the most populous island in Placentia Bay at the time), 100 in 1921 and 67 in 1940. Iona was originally settled by Irish Roman Catholics Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ..., which included but not limited to, the surnames of Griffin, Bruce, Fitzpatrick, Murphy, Sweeney, McFarrell (later McFarlane), Duke, Pope, Newman, Northover, Bird, Whiffen, and King. The depression of the 1930s severely impacted the Island's people, causing many people to leave and find work. Also, in 1935 a lightning storm struck and destroyed the Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newfoundland (island)
Newfoundland (, ; french: link=no, Terre-Neuve, ; ) is a large island off the east coast of the North American mainland and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It has 29 percent of the province's land area. The island is separated from the Labrador Peninsula by the Strait of Belle Isle and from Cape Breton Island by the Cabot Strait. It blocks the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River, creating the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the world's largest estuary. Newfoundland's nearest neighbour is the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. With an area of , Newfoundland is the world's 16th-largest island, Canada's fourth-largest island, and the largest Canadian island outside the North. The provincial capital, St. John's, is located on the southeastern coast of the island; Cape Spear, just south of the capital, is the easternmost point of North America, excluding Greenland. It is common to consider all directly neighbouring i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Code 709
Area code 709 is the telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the entire Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. History The first telephone system was installed in Newfoundland in 1885, but domestic long-distance calls within the Dominion of Newfoundland could be placed on a limited basis only in 1921. The first long-distance call from Newfoundland to Canada was made on January 10, 1939, by using a shortwave radio link operated by the Canadian Marconi Company in Montréal. Shortwave radio also carried calls from St. John's to London, England. When planning was completed for the original NANP area codes in 1947, Newfoundland had not yet become of part of the Dominion of Canada. No provisions had been made to include Newfoundland in the continental numbering plan, which later became the North American Numbering Plan. The Newfoundland telephone system was entirely manual, and dial telephones came to St. John's only in 1948. After Newfoundland's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights
Long Harbour–Mount Arlington Heights is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 185 in the Canada 2021 Census. The town is the site of the Long Harbour Nickel Processing Plant. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. See also * List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the ninth-most populous province in Canada, with 510,550 residents recorded in the 2021 Canadian Census, and is the seventh-largest in land area, with . Newfoundland and Labrador has 278 municipalities, including 3 ... References Populated coastal places in Canada Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador {{Newfoundland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Harbour, Newfoundland And Labrador
Fox Harbour is a small community on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland. According to Statistics Canada in 2011, the population was 270. It is surrounded by hills. It is located close to Argentia, the site of the Naval Station Argentia. According to some sources, Fox Harbour got its name from tales of foxes that came down from the surrounding hills and ate the drying fish on the flakes. As well, the community was called Little Glocester before it became officially named Fox Harbour. History Fox Harbour started as a fishing community in the early 19th century by the three families of Matthew, Martin, and George Spurvey. However, fisherman from England and Ireland had come overseas to fish there seasonally since the 18th century. All of them returned to England in the 1820s except for a Matthew Spurvey. Other families had settled in Fox Harbour by then with the arrival of Healey, Kelly and Dreaddy families from Ireland in 1806. The population grew over time, and peaked at 746 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ship Harbour, Newfoundland And Labrador
Ship Harbour is a community in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada located on the eastern shore of Placentia Bay. Adjacent to Argentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Argentia, the waters off Ship Harbour are best known as the site of Atlantic Conference between Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 14, 1941. While and were secretly anchored in the entrance off Ship Harbour, various dignitaries and the two heads of government discussed the terms of what would become known as the Atlantic Charter. The community has a site dedicated to the meeting and also has a museum located in the Community Center. Ship Harbour has a population of about 200 people. It is west of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's and can be reached on the Trans-Canada Highway and exiting at the Argentia Access Road. History Ship Harbour has been settled since at least 1835 when it was included in the Argentia Parish. By 1845 there were 2 families of 13 people, and the community di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McFarlane (surname)
McFarlane is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Politics * Allan McFarlane (1792–1864), pastoralist and parliamentarian in South Australia * Brendan McFarlane (born 1951), Irish republican activist * Hugh McFarlane (1815–1882), American politician * Jann McFarlane (born 1944), Australian politician from Stirling, Western Australia * Jean McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff (contemporary, 1926–2012), British peer; MP from Llandaff * Norm McFarlane (contemporary), Canadian politician; mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick * Robert McFarlane (1937–2022), American National Security Advisor to President Reagan 1983–1985; major player in the Iran-Contra Affair * William D. McFarlane (1894–1980), lawyer and politician, U.S. Representative for Texas Sport * Bob McFarlane (athlete) (1927–2006), Canadian runner and professional football player * Danny McFarlane (born 1972), Jamaican hurdler in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics * David McFarlane (footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Catholics
Irish Catholics are an ethnoreligious group native to Ireland whose members are both Catholic and Irish. They have a large diaspora, which includes over 36 million American citizens and over 14 million British citizens (a quarter of the British population). Overview and history Divisions between Irish Roman Catholics and Irish Protestants played a major role in the history of Ireland from the 16th century to the 20th century, especially during the Home Rule Crisis and the Troubles. While religion broadly marks the delineation of these divisions, the contentions were primarily political and they were also related to access to power. For example, while the majority of Irish Catholics had an identity which was independent from Britain's identity and were excluded from power because they were Catholic, a number of the instigators of rebellions against British rule were actually Protestant Irish nationalists, although most Irish Protestants opposed separatism. In the Irish Rebellion o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placentia Bay
Placentia Bay (french: Baie de Plaisance) is a body of water on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada. It is formed by Burin Peninsula on the west and Avalon Peninsula on the east. Fishing grounds in the bay were used by native people long before the first European fishermen arrived in the 16th century. For a time, the French controlled the bay. They built their capital at Placentia on the east coast. The British gained Placentia during the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. The town and nearby Castle Hill are national historic sites. English settlement followed in the bay and today the main communities are Burin, Marystown, and Placentia. On 14 August 1941 US Naval Station Argentia located in Little Placentia Sound was the site of the Atlantic Conference for the Atlantic Charter, where Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met face to face for the first time since both took office and the start of World War II World War II or the Second World War, often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of A Postal Codes Of Canada
__NOTOC__ This is a list of postal codes in Canada where the first letter is A. Postal codes beginning with A are located within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Only the first three characters are listed, corresponding to the Forward Sortation Area. Canada Post provides a free postal code look-up tool on its website, via its mobile apps for such smartphones as the iPhone and BlackBerry, and sells hard-copy directories and CD-ROMs. Many vendors also sell validation tools, which allow customers to properly match addresses and postal codes. Hard-copy directories can also be consulted in all post offices, and some libraries. Newfoundland and Labrador - 35 FSAs Notes: As of May 2007, no postal codes yet begin with A3*, A4*, A6* or A7*. Urban Rural References {{Canadian postal codes Postal codes A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of lette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countries Of The World
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, 2 United Nations General Assembly observers#Present non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (2 states, both in associated state, free association with New Zealand). Compi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newfoundland Time
The Newfoundland Time Zone (NT) is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting 3.5 hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC) during standard time, resulting in UTC−03:30; or subtracting 2.5 hours during daylight saving time. The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the meridian 52 degrees and 30 arcminutes west of the Greenwich Observatory. It is observed solely in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Newfoundland Time Zone is the only active time zone with a half-hour offset from UTC in the Americas. Scope Officially, per Newfoundland and Labrador provincial law, the entire province observes Newfoundland Time. In practice, however, Newfoundland Time is observed only on the island of Newfoundland, its smaller offshore islands, and the southeastern Labrador communities south of Black Tickle. The rest of Labrador, from Cartwright north and west, observes Atlantic Time along with the rest of Atlantic Canada. Southeastern Labrador ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Canadian House Of Commons
Lists of members of the Canadian House of Commons cover the members elected to the House of Commons of Canada, the lower chamber of the bicameral Parliament of Canada. Seats in the House of Commons are distributed roughly in proportion to the population of each province and territory. The lists of members are organized alphabetically, by age and by parliament. Alphabetical By Parliament * 1st (1867–1872) * 2nd (1873–1874) * 3rd (1874–1878) * 4th (1879–1882) * 5th (1883–1887) * 6th (1887–1891) * 7th (1891–1896) * 8th (1896–1900) * 9th (1901–1904) * 10th (1905–1908) * 11th (1908–1911) * 12th (1911–1917) * 13th (1918–1921) * 14th (1922–1925) * 15th (1926) * 16th (1926–1930) * 17th (1930–1935) * 18th (1936–1940) * 19th (1940–1945) * 20th (1945–1949) * 21st (1949–1953) * 22nd (1953–1957) * 23rd (1957–1958) * 24th (1958–1962) * 25th (1962–1963) * 26th (1963–1965) * 27th (1966–1968) * 28th (1968–1972) * 29th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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