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Rocky Harbour is a town located on the western edge of
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Neighbouring communities include Norris Point and Neddie's Harbour. Rocky Harbour has two exits from Newfoundland and Labrador Route 431.
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Rocky Harbour - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 4, p. 616-617.
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, near the entrance to Bonne Bay. The harbour was previously known as Small Bay or Little Harbour.''Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador
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'' (), p.616 This town is home to Gros Morne National Park
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, a World Heritage Site
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History
Arrowheads show that Mi'kmaw once inhabited the area.http://www.rockyharbour.ca/our_history.php Our History. Retrieved 2012-06-24 During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the harbour was frequented by the early French fisherman when it came under the French Shore fishery. The first year Rocky Harbour appeared in the census figures was in 1874, when it had a population of 35. Apost office
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was established there in 1900. It became a Local Government Community in April 1966. Following the opening of Gros Morne National Park in 1973, the population further increased and services such as an RCMP detachment were added. It had a population of 357 in 1921. In 2011, the population was 979.
Rocky Harbour is a key tourist town in central Gros Morne National Park, offering nature and scenery viewing, and access to hiking trails. The town's only schoolGros Morne Academy
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Neighbouring communities include Norris Point and Neddie's Harbour. Rocky Harbour has two exits from Newfoundland and Labrador Route 431.
Demographics
In the2021 Census of Population
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conducted by Statistics Canada
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, Rocky Harbour 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.
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See also
*List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
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References
External links
*Rocky Harbour - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 4, p. 616-617.
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