New Harbour is an abandoned town located within
Fortune Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada that had a peak population of 24 in 1945.
It is not to be confused with
New Harbour, Trinity Bay and New Harbour on the south-west coast of Newfoundland.
History
Located near the resettled community of
Femme in
Fortune Bay, Trammer was first settled in the early to mid 19 century and was first recorded in the Newfoundland census of 1857 where one settler had been born in England.
By 1869, there were 19 residents,
with the surnames Matthews, Pauls and Rideout.
At that time, residents of the small community would only receive their mail every two weeks from the main Fortune Bay economic hub of
Harbour Breton
Harbour Breton is a small fishing community on the Connaigre Peninsula in Fortune Bay, on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland in Canada. It is the largest center on the Connaigre Peninsula and was long considered the unofficial capital o ...
.
People of the community relied heavily on the herring fishery which was a prosperous venture in the mid to late 19th century in this area.
The population held relatively steady into the 1880s where all residents were reported as being 'Newfoundland-born.'
With the decline of the Bait fishery, both due to the collapse of the herring stocks
and the controversial
Bait Act Bait Acts were laws passed in Newfoundland to try to control the sale of bait to French fishermen, and later to Canadian and American fishermen.
History
In the 1800s France claimed exclusive rights to fish along the shores of Newfoundland, and to ...
that restricted Newfoundland fishermen from selling bait to American and French buyers,
residents began to rely on the cod fishery.
By the turn of the 20th century, the population had dramatically decreased to just six people.
The community was revived shortly thereafter by a family of Wells from
Bay L'Argent
Bay L'Argent ( ) is a town in the Canada, Canadian Provinces of Canada, province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The ferry MV Marine Trader has a port in Bay L'Argent servicing the Newfoundland outport, isolated outport of Rencontre East with anothe ...
across Fortune Bay who made their home in vacated homesteads.
By 1945, four Wells families and one Pardy family lived in the harbour, in what would be its peak population of 24.
The community was abandoned in the mid-20th century.
Demographics
See also
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Trammer, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Femme, Newfoundland and Labrador
Femme is an abandoned community 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 ...
References
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Ghost towns in Newfoundland and Labrador