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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 .
Throughout the summer of 1767, he surveyed most of the area. Copies of the maps he created are displayed at the Captain James Cook Monument in Corner Brook. Curling used to be known as Birchy Cove; its name was changed in dedication of Rev. J.J. Curling. [1] Curling used to have a hotel and a golf course. Oil tankers are currently in their place.
Route 450A, also known as Lewin Parkway, is an alternate route of Route 450 in the city of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. The route runs from Route 450, through downtown Corner Brook, to Route 1 (Trans-Canada Highway). Lewin Parkway functions as a city route through Corner Brook, and is designated as the route between Route 450 and ...
Near the mouth of the Humber River appropriately named "Humber Mouth", is the city of Corner Brook (2006 pop.: 20,083), as well as several neighbouring 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.
Cook's Harbour is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 123 in the Canada 2016 Census. [2] The population, as of 2021, was 118 (including Wild Bight and Boat Harbour), and has been decreasing. Cook’s Harbour is about 45 minutes away from St. Anthony and 6 hours from Corner Brook.
James P. Walsh (born 1949) is a businessperson and former politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. He represented Conception Bay East – Bell Island in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1989 to 2003. [1] [2] He was born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. Walsh married Barbara Best; the couple had four children. [3]
The Humber River is a river on Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is approximately 120 kilometres long; it flows through the Long Range Mountains, southeast then southwest, through Deer Lake, to the Bay of Islands at Corner Brook. It begins near the town of Hampden. Taylor's Brook, Aidies Stream and Dead ...
Originally constructed to house employees and senior staff during the construction of the paper mill in Corner Brook, it was converted into a hotel in 1925. [2] Architecturally, the Glynmill Inn has been recognized as a prominent example of the Tudor Revival style in Newfoundland. [2] In 1974, an additional wing was built onto the rear of the ...