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Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, [2] [3] approximately 60 km north of Cairns. In the 2021 census , the locality of Port Douglas had a population of 3,650 people. [ 1 ]
Route of the Douglas Road (water portions in blue, land portions in red) and the Cariboo Road (green), location of Port Douglas is near centre of map. Port Douglas, sometimes referred to simply as Douglas, is a remote community in British Columbia, Canada at east of the mouth of the Lillooet River, [1] and at the head of Harrison Lake, which is ...
Douglas: City 26,677 Capital and only city 2. Onchan: Village 9,039 Most populated village, adjacent to Douglas 3. Ramsey: Town 8,288 Became the most populated town after Douglas achieved city status in 2022 4. Peel: Town 5,710 5. Port Erin: Village 3,730 Adjacent to Port St. Mary 6. Castletown: Town 3,206 Least populous town on the Island 7 ...
Photochrom of Loch Promenade during a storm, 1890s Douglas Promenade, which runs nearly the entire length of beachfront in Douglas Sea terminal in Douglas. Douglas (Manx: Doolish, pronounced [ˈdðuːlʲəʃ]) is the capital city and largest settlement of the Isle of Man, with a population of 26,677 (2021) and an area of 4.1 square miles (10.5 km 2).
The town was also known for a brief time as Hartsville after Daniel Hart, an early settler. Later the name was changed to Mossman. [9] [10] [11] The Mossman - Port Douglas parish of the Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Queensland (now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns) was established in 1877. [12]
It is also used by many tourists travelling to the town of Port Douglas, north of Cairns. Apart from being a link between two tourist locations, the Captain Cook Highway is a scenic highway that winds alongside the coast of the tropical seaside rainforest heading towards Port Douglas and Daintree National Park .
Port Douglas Wharf and Storage Shed were erected in 1904 for the Douglas Shire Council, the buildings reported demolished by the cyclone of 1911, [2] with extensions to the storage shed made in the 1920s. [1] Port Douglas was established in 1877 as a port to service the newly opened Hodgkinson Goldfield, west of the Great Dividing Range. In the ...
After James Mulligan found gold on the Hodgkinson River in 1876, Port Douglas was established as a port to service the Hodgkinson goldfield. The town grew rapidly and at the height of the gold rush had a population of 12,000. [13] [8]