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After Newfoundland's Confederation with the Dominion of Canada was enacted in 1949, the first cross-province long-distance call was placed from St. John's to Port aux Basques in 1949. [1] Newfoundland was added to area code 902, which already covered the three Maritime provinces, and which remains in use throughout Nova Scotia and Prince Edward ...
Corner Brook (2021 population: 19,333 [1] CA 29,762) is a city located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Corner Brook is the fifth largest settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, and the largest outside the Avalon Peninsula .
The chain began as Ayre's Supermarkets, a division of local department store chain Ayre and Sons, which operated five locations in St. John's by 1959. [1] It was acquired by Argus Corporation via Dominion Stores Ltd. in 1963, eventually adopting the Dominion brand.
Newfoundland and Labrador has three cities that had a total population of 152,335 in the 2021 Canadian Census. [2] The provincial capital of St. John's is the largest city by population and land area, with 110,525 residents and 446.02 km 2 (172.21 sq mi). [2] Corner Brook is the smallest city by population in the province, with 19,333 residents.
Near the mouth of the Humber River, appropriately named "Humber Mouth", is the city of Corner Brook (2011 pop.: 19,886), as well as several neighboring suburbs. The Humber River was used for many years to float logs down to the Bay of Islands where a large Bowater pulp and paper mill at Corner Brook turned them into paper products.
Trans Canada Highway Route 1 at Corner Brook. This is a 4-lane section at this point in the highway's 903-kilometre length. The following description details the highway from its eastern terminus to its western terminus. Route 1's official eastern terminus is at the interchange with Logy Bay Road in the northeastern part of the city.
In 1956, Curling amalgamated with three other communities (Humbermouth, Townsite and Westside) on the south side of the Humber Arm to form the city of Corner Brook. The Western Star , the main newspaper for the west coast of Newfoundland, was founded in Curling in 1900.
CFCB (570 kHz) is an AM radio station in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.It broadcasts at a power of 10,000 watts by day and 1,000 watts at night. Owned by Stingray Group, CFCB first went on the air on October 3, 1960.