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Ferryland is a town in
Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
on the
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. According to the 2021
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, its population is 371.


Seventeenth century settlement

Ferryland was originally established as a station for migratory fishermen in the late 16th century but had earlier been used by the French,
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, and
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. By the 1590s it was one of the most popular fishing harbours in Newfoundland and acclaimed by Sir
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. Ferryland was called "Farilham" by the Portuguese fishermen and "Forillon" by the French—it later became anglicized to its current name "Ferryland." (This should not be confused with the
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in
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, which still keeps its French name.) The land was granted by
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to the
London and Bristol Company The London and Bristol Company came about in the early 17th century when English merchants had begun to express an interest in the Newfoundland fishery. Financed by a syndicate of investors John Guy, himself a Bristol merchant, visited Newfoundl ...
in the 1610s and the vicinity became the location of a number of short-lived
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at
Cuper's Cove Cuper's Cove, on the southwest shore of Conception Bay on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula was an early English settlement in the New World, and the third one after Harbour Grace, Newfoundland (1583) and Jamestown, Virginia (1607) to endure for lo ...
,
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, and
Renews Renews–Cappahayden is a small fishing town on the southern shore of Newfoundland, south of St. John's. The town was incorporated in the mid-1960s by amalgamating the formerly independent villages of Renews and Cappahayden. Renews–Cappaha ...
and adjoined the colony of
South Falkland South Falkland was an English colony in Newfoundland established by Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland, in 1623 on territory in the Avalon Peninsula including the former colony of Renews. Cary appointed Sir Francis Tanfield, his wife's cousin, to ...
. In 1620 the territory was granted to
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, 1st
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who had obtained the holdings from William Vaughan. Calvert appointed Edward Wynne to establish a
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which became the first successful permanent colony in
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growing to a population of 100 by 1625. In 1623, Calvert's grant was confirmed and expanded. The Charter of Avalon was granted to Lord Baltimore by James I. Dated 7 April 1623 it created the
Province of Avalon The Province of Avalon was the area around the English settlement of Ferryland in what is now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada in the 17th century, which upon the success of the colony grew to include the land held by Sir William Vaughan and a ...
on the island of Newfoundland and gave Baltimore complete authority over all matters in the territory. That same year Baltimore chose Ferryland as the principal area of settlement. In the 1660s, the colony was attacked by the Dutch. The town was destroyed by New France in 1696 during the Avalon Peninsula Campaign of
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. Virtually forgotten for centuries, excavations of the original settlement began in earnest in the late 1980s and continue to this day.


Historic designations

The site of the 17th-century
Colony of Avalon The Province of Avalon was the area around the English settlement of Ferryland in what is now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada in the 17th century, which upon the success of the colony grew to include the land held by Sir William Vaughan and a ...
was designated a
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in 1953. It was also designated a Municipal Heritage District in 1998. The Historic Ferryland Museum was designated a Municipal Heritage Site in 2006.


Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...
, Ferryland 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.


Gallery

File:FerrylandMansion 2011.jpg, Excavated foundation of mansion house. File:James Yonge's map of Ferryland, ca. 1663..jpg, Map of Ferryland in 1663 Image:Mapof ferryland.jpg, Map of Ferryland in 1693


See also

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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 ...
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Sara Kirke Lady Sara Kirke (died 1680's) was the wife of Sir David Kirke (c. 1597-1654), the governor of Newfoundland between 1638 and 1651. She is considered to be North America's "first and foremost entrepreneur". History Lady Sara Kirke arrived at the Pr ...
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Erasmus Stourton Erasmus Stourton (1603, Narborough, Leicestershire, Narborough, Leicestershire, England – November 1658, Walesby, Lincolnshire, Walesby, Lincolnshire, England) was a clergyman and early settler to the Province of Avalon, Colony of Avalon, Colony o ...
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Ron Hynes Ron Hynes (December 7, 1950 – November 19, 2015) was a folk singer-songwriter from Newfoundland and Labrador. He was especially known for his composition "Sonny's Dream", which has been recorded worldwide by many artists and was named the 41st ...
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James Tuck (archaeologist) James A. Tuck, (June 28, 1940 – May 10, 2019) was an American-born archaeologist whose work as a faculty member of the Memorial University of Newfoundland was focused on the early history of Newfoundland and Labrador. Career Tuck was born in ...


References


External links


Official Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism Website - FerrylandFerryland - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 2, pp. 50–60.
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