Black Duck (also known as Black Duck Siding) is a
local service district and
designated place
A designated place (DPL) is a type of community or settlement identified by Statistics Canada that does not meet the criteria used to define municipalities or population centres. DPLs are delineated every 5 years for the Canadian census as the ...
in the
Canadian province of
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t ...
that is 15 km (9 mi) east of the town of
Stephenville. It is characterized by Harry's River, which runs past the community and is an Atlantic salmon fishing river.
Black Duck is known as the retirement place of Captain
Victor Campbell RN, the Antarctic explorer who established a community of expats there in the 1920s.
Geography
Black Duck is in
Newfoundland and straddles the boundary
Subdivision C and
Subdivision D, both within
Division No. 4.
Demographics
As a designated place in the
2016 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada, Black Duck recorded a population of 110 living in 48 of its 60 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 99. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Government
Black Duck is a local service district (LSD)
that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.
The chair of the LSD committee is Sean Martin.
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See also
* List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
* List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
*List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
The Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador has 175 unincorporated communities that are designated as local service districts (LSDs) for the purpose of providing water, sewer, fire, garbage, street lighting, animal control, and/or road ma ...
References
Designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
Local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
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