Fogo Island is a town located on Fogo Island, the largest of the offshore islands in the province of

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, Canada.

History

The Town of Fogo Island was incorporated on March 1, 2011 following the amalgamation of four towns – Fogo,

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and Tilting – with the unincorporated balance of the Fogo Island.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by Statistics Canada, Fogo Island 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.

Climate

Transportation

Fogo Island is accessible by ferry or air. The local airstrip is the

Fogo Aerodrome Fogo Aerodrome is a local airport located south of Fogo, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada on Fogo Island. It is the island's only infrastructure for air transport. Scheduled service from Fogo is provided by Exploits Valley Air Services on a ...

Notable people

Zita Cobb Zita Cobb, , is a Canadian businesswoman and social entrepreneur. In 2006, she established Shorefast, a Canadian social enterprise, with her brothers Anthony and Alan Cobb on Fogo Island, Newfoundland. Early life and education Cobb is an eight ...

– founder of Shorefast *

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- world record holder for

longest recorded sniper kill Reports regarding the longest recorded sniper kills that contain information regarding the shooting distance and the identity of the sniper have been presented to the general public since 1967. Snipers have had a substantial history following the ...

March 2002 - November 2009

References

External links

Town of Fogo Island
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