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 ...
,
Canada
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located north east of
Belleoram
Belleoram () is a village on the shores of Fortune Bay in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The community sits on a narrow strip of land hemmed in between the bay and steep hills that rise behind it. Belleoram has a large harbour ...
, and west of
Terrenceville
Terrenceville is a small town located on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada, south west of Swift Current.
History
Terrenceville is located on the island of Newfoundland, approximately north of Marystown on Route 211. It was known as ...
in
Fortune Bay
Fortune Bay () is a fairly large natural bay located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada.2021 census. This small community is not connected to any surrounding areas by road but is accessible by scheduled
ferry
A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...
service from ports in
Pool's Cove
Pool's Cove is a community located on the north west side of Fortune Bay, on the South Coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The town had a population of 143 in the 2021 Census.
The ferry MV Marine Trader has a port in Pool's Cove servicing the isola ...
and
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 ...
.
All of the roads are dirt and ATVs are the main source of transportation. The community uses
breakwaters
A breakwater is a permanent structure constructed at a coastal area to protect against tides, currents, waves, and storm surges. Part of a coastal management system, breakwaters are installed to minimize erosion, and to protect anchorages, h ...
to hold the roads in place and keep the water from washing them away.
The main industry is
cod
Cod is the common name for the demersal fish genus '' Gadus'', belonging to the family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus ''Gadus'' is commonly not call ...
and
lobster fishing
Lobsters are widely fished around the world for their meat. They are often hard to catch in large numbers, but their large size can make them a profitable catch. Although the majority of the targeted species are tropical, the majority of the glob ...
. Rencontre East was the location of one of only a few
molybdenum
Molybdenum is a chemical element with the symbol Mo and atomic number 42 which is located in period 5 and group 6. The name is from Neo-Latin ''molybdaenum'', which is based on Ancient Greek ', meaning lead, since its ores were confused with lea ...
mines in Canada's history. The mine was located at Ackley City at Rencontre Lake just north of the town. The mine was closed soon after, with only two-thousand tonnes of mineral being exported.
The town has two grocery stores, a volunteer
fire department
A fire department (American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression se ...
, an all grade school (St. Stephen's) and a community centre. There are two churches, one Anglican (St. Stephen's) and one Catholic (St. Joseph's).
St. Stephen's all-grade school has just 24 students, from kindergarten to grade 12. The school however has undergone some changes in recent years, a fitness room was constructed in 2008.
Aquaculture is an important economic driver, with the advent of
salmon farming
The aquaculture of salmonids is the farming and harvesting of salmonids under controlled conditions for both commercial and recreational purposes. Salmonids (particularly salmon and rainbow trout), along with carp, and tilapia are the three most ...
. As of July 2011, aquaculture in Rencontre East became fully operational, with more than 20 of the town's people working on the three sites. Combined, there are more than 2 million salmon in the sites. As the traditional cod and lobster fisheries are waning, mostly because it becoming uneconomical to do so and the age of the fishermen nearing that of retirement, modern fish farming will reverse the downturn of the town.
Rencontre East was one of the areas in Fortune Bay affected by the September 2019 event in which 2.6 million farmed salmon died. Following the die-off, images of salmon residue being dumped into the ocean near Rencontre East were widely circulated in local media.
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 ...
, Rencontre East 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.
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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Newfoundland outport
An outport is the term given for a small coastal community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador other than the chief port of St. John's. Originally, the term was used for coastal communities on the island of Newfoundland, ...