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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bay Bulls had a population of 1,566 living in 597 of its 631 total private dwellings, a change of 4.4% from its 2016 population of 1,500. With a land area of 30.6 km 2 (11.8 sq mi), it had a population density of 51.2/km 2 (132.5/sq mi) in 2021. [2]
The island of Newfoundland is separated from Labrador by the Strait of Belle Isle, which is 125 kilometres (78 mi) long and from 60 to 15 kilometres (37.3 to 9.3 mi) wide. In addition to the island of Newfoundland, the province is made up of 12 larger islands with a total area of 2,505 square kilometres (967 sq mi) and 7,170 smaller islands ...
Pee Pee Island. Pee Pee Island is a small island located in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the far east of Canada. [1] It is the smallest of the four islands in the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, which it became a part of in 1983. It serves as a breeding place for Atlantic puffins. [2]
Avalon Peninsula. The Avalon Peninsula (French: Péninsule d'Avalon) is a large peninsula that makes up the southeast portion of the island of Newfoundland in Canada. It is 9,220.61 square kilometres (3,560.10 sq mi) in size. [1] The peninsula is home to 270,348 people, about 52% of Newfoundland's population, according to the 2016 Canadian census.
Demographics. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove had a population of 2,364 living in 887 of its 940 total private dwellings, a change of 6.4% from its 2016 population of 2,221. With a land area of 16.99 km 2 (6.56 sq mi), it had a population density of 139.1/km 2 (360.4/sq mi) in 2021.
The site is located on the northernmost tip of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador near St. Anthony. With carbon dating estimates between 990 and 1050 CE ( mean date 1014) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and tree-ring dating of 1021, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 2 ] L'Anse aux Meadows is the only undisputed site of pre-Columbian ...
Newfoundland was long inhabited by indigenous peoples of the Dorset culture and the Beothuk, who spoke the now-extinct Beothuk language.. The island was possibly visited by the Icelandic explorer Leif Erikson in the 11th century as a rest settlement when heading farther south to the land believed to be closer to the mouth of the St. Lawrence River called "Vinland". [10]
Bay de Verde Peninsula. The Bay de Verde Peninsula is the largest peninsula that makes up part of the Avalon Peninsula, of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The peninsula separates both Trinity and Conception Bay.