Moreton's Harbour
Moreton's Harbour is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on New World Island. The community is sometimes written as Morton's and occasionally as Moreton's. Clarence Wiseman, the tenth General of The Salvation Army from 1974 to 1977, was born at Moreton's Harbour.[1][2]
Geography
Moreton's Harbour is in Newfoundland within Subdivision H of Division No. 8.[3]
Demographics
As a designated place in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Moreton's Harbour recorded a population of 28 down from 113 in 2016.[4]
Arts and culture
Moreton's Harbour is referenced in the chorus of the folk song, I's the B'y, with the lines "Fogo, Twillingate, Moreton's Harbour, all around the circle".[5]
Government
Moreton's Harbour is a local service district (LSD)[6] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.[7] The chair of the LSD committee is Frazer Rideout.[6]
See also
- List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
- List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Newfoundland outport
References
- ^ "Downhome Magazine".
- ^ "The Knack of Religion".
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)". Statistics Canada. February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
- ^ "Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2005". Archived from the original on 2006-08-26. Retrieved 2006-08-06.
- ^ a b "Directory of Local Service Districts" (PDF). Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. October 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
- ^ "Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
External links
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Division No. 8, Newfoundland and Labrador (Notre Dame Bay)
- Baie Verte
- Baytona
- Beachside
- Birchy Bay
- Brent's Cove
- Brighton
- Burlington
- Campbellton
- Carmanville
- Change Islands
- Coachman's Cove
- Comfort Cove–Newstead
- Cottlesville
- Crow Head
- Embree
- Fleur de Lys
- Fogo Island
- King's Point
- LaScie
- Leading Tickles
- Lewisporte
- Little Bay
- Little Bay Islands
- Little Burnt Bay
- Lumsden
- Lushes Bight–Beaumont–Beaumont North
- Middle Arm
- Miles Cove
- Ming's Bight
- Musgrave Harbour
- Nipper's Harbour
- Pacquet
- Pilley's Island
- Point Leamington
- Point of Bay
- Port Anson
- Robert's Arm
- Seal Cove
- South Brook
- Springdale
- Summerford
- Tilt Cove
- Triton
- Twillingate
- Westport
- Woodstock
subdivisions
places
- Aspen Cove
- Boyd's Cove
- Bridgeport
- Brown's Arm
- Chanceport
- Cobbs Arm
- Cottrell's Cove
- Deadman's Bay
- Deep Bay
- Fairbanks-Hillgrade
- Fortune Harbour
- Frederickton
- Gander Bay North
- Gander Bay South
- Glovers Harbour
- Harbour Round
- Harry's Harbour
- Herring Neck
- Horwood
- Indian Cove
- Island Harbour
- Jackson's Cove-Langdon's Cove-Silverdale
- Ladle Cove
- Laurenceton
- Loon Bay
- Main Point-Davidsville
- Merritt's Harbour
- Michaels Harbour
- Moreton's Harbour
- Musgrave Harbour
- Newville
- Noggin Cove
- Phillips Head
- Pleasantview
- Port Albert
- Purcell's Harbour
- Rattling Brook
- Sheppardville
- Smith's Harbour
- Snook's Arm
- St. Patricks
- Stag Harbour
- Stanhope
- Stoneville
- Tizzard's Harbour
- Valley Pond
- Virgin Arm-Carter's Cove
- Wild Cove, White Bay
towns
49°34′04″N 54°51′54″W / 49.56778°N 54.86500°W / 49.56778; -54.86500
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