Hillview-Adeytown is a former
local service district and former
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 ...
on the east coast of
Newfoundland in
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 ...
,
Canada
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that existed from 1999 until 2008. It consisted of the village of Hillview on the
Southwest Arm of
Trinity Bay and the village of Adeytown ( ) on the
Northwest Arm
The Northwest Arm, originally named Sandwich River, is an inlet in eastern Canada off the Atlantic Ocean in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.
Geography
Part of Halifax Harbour, it measures approximately 3.5 km in length and 0. ...
of
Trinity Bay, just south of
Clarenville
Clarenville is a town on the east coast of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Clarenville was incorporated in 1951. It is located in the Shoal Harbour valley, fronting an arm of the Atlantic Ocean called Random ...
.
Today Hillview-Adeytown is part of the designated place of
Hillview-Adeytown-Hatchet Cove-St. Jones Within and part of the local service district of
Random Sound West.
History of Adeytown
Adeytown (formerly called Lee Bight), like
Deep Bight,
Piston Mere,
Maggoty Cove and
Forrester's Point, was founded in the 1850s and 1860s as a small logging operation and, with the building of the
Newfoundland Railway
The Newfoundland Railway operated on the island of Newfoundland from 1898 to 1988. With a total track length of , it was the longest narrow-gauge railway system in North America.
Early construction
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In 1880, a committee of the Newfoundland Leg ...
, it grew as the demand for
lumber
Lumber is wood that has been processed into dimensional lumber, including beams and planks or boards, a stage in the process of wood production. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, wi ...
was at a peak.
Edward and Pasco Adey came to Lee Bight
c.1865 from
Hant's Harbour with the intention of logging. Lee Bight had all of the natural requirements for a logging operation, a nearby timber stand sufficient to support a water powered
sawmill
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes (dimensi ...
from a nearby fast flowing brook and clear access to the sea to ship the sawn lumber.
Around 1865, Edward, Israel, and Pasco Adey came to Lee Bight (later Adeytown), from
Hants Harbour with the intention of logging. By 1870 a water powered sawmill had been built, one of several in the Northwest Arm in Trinity Bay at the time. The first (Methodist) school in Lee Bight was reported in 1883 with 16 students taught by a Miss Mary Mayo. Miss. Mayo had split her time at the Lee Bight School and the half at the Deep Bight school nearby.
In the early 20th century Adeytown had closed its Methodist school and shared one with Caplin Cove. By 1911 Adeytown had 2 sawmills and a church along with the school shared with Caplin Cove and about 30 people were living there for the 1911 Census. At the height of its economic boom in 1921 Adeytown had become a full logging town with 7 sawmills operating, also by this time there was 38 residents living in Adeytown.
[Census. "Adeyton 1921 Census." 1921 Census of Newfoundland. St. John's, Newfoundland: 1921. 287–288. Newfoundland Grand Banks. Web. May 26, 2011. .]
As of September 13, 1966, the Adeytown Post Office closed and in 1970 the school was closed and students were bussed to Deep Bight for Elementary School and Clarenville for High School.
History of Hillview
Hillview (formerly called Northern Bight and North Bight) was populated in the mid-1800s, and renamed in 1913.
In the mid-1800s, James Stoyles and David Benson arrived to Northern Bight (later Hillview) from
Grates Cove. By 1891, Hillview had 212 residents.
Employment in Hillview varied from fisherman, clergy, farmers, and merchants.
In the 1950s, the
Labrador
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fishery and local sawmilling no longer contributed to Hillview, though proximity to Clarenville provided employment opportunities.
Hillview, as Northern Bight, contained the Northern Bight railroad station, which allowed freight to be unloaded and loaded onto boats in Hillview.
Hillview students, as well as Adeytown students, travel to Clarenville for high school.
See also
*
List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
References
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Populated coastal places in Canada