Lark Harbour

Coordinates: 49°06′N 58°22′W / 49.100°N 58.367°W / 49.100; -58.367
From English Wikipedia @ Freddythechick

Lark Harbour
Town
Lark Harbour (showing promontory in Blow Me Down Provincial Park)
Lark Harbour (showing promontory in Blow Me Down Provincial Park)
Lark Harbour is located in Newfoundland
Lark Harbour
Lark Harbour
Location of Lark Harbour in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 49°06′N 58°22′W / 49.100°N 58.367°W / 49.100; -58.367
Country Canada
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total508
Time zoneUTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code709
Highways Route 450
Current lighthouse
Foundationconcrete base
Constructionfiberglass tower
Shapecylindrical tower with light[2][3]
Second lighthouse
Foundationconcrete base
Constructionconcrete tower
Shapehexagonal frustum tower with balcony and lantern
First lighthouse
Foundationconcrete base
Constructionwooden tower

Lark Harbour is small fishing community on the western coast of Newfoundland, on the south side of the Bay of Islands, and west of the City of Corner Brook.

Combined with neighbouring York Harbour, there is a population of about 880. Blow Me Down Provincial Park lies on the boundary between the two communities.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lark Harbour had a population of 508 living in 221 of its 290 total private dwellings, a change of -2.7% from its 2016 population of 522. With a land area of 12.94 km2 (5.00 sq mi), it had a population density of 39.3/km2 (101.7/sq mi) in 2021.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southwestern Newfoundland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  3. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.

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