world.wikisort.org - CanadaBiscay Bay is a local service district in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Local service district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Biscay Bay |
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Country | Canada |
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Province | Newfoundland and Labrador |
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Region | Southern Avalon Peninsula |
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Population | 65 (2,006) |
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Highways | Route 10 |
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Origin of Name
This name appears as early as 1675 in The English Pilot, a guide to navigation. At the time, Basques were called "Biscayans", [citation needed] and the bay was used by the early Basque fishermen.[1]
History
There is very little known about Biscay Bay before 1845, but most of the land area of Biscay Bay was owned by William D. Jackson, an English merchant, when Thomas Ryan of Trepassey (originally from Ireland) went to live there in that year.[citation needed] Other families at the time were the Easemans and Whites.
Geography
Biscay Bay is in Newfoundland within Subdivision V of Division No. 1.[2]
Economy
The census of 1857 shows Biscay Bay with 4.5 acres (18,000 m2) of improved land producing 20 barrels of potatoes and three tons of hay.
When Jackson died, his daughter Caroline decided to go back to live in England so she sold the land to Thomas Ryan and Richard Hartery for 150 pounds.
Residents farmed root crops and hay, raised sheep, cattle and pigs and also fished for cod inshore. It was not until the early 1930s that the road made much difference to the community and most transportation was by water. The community averaged 600 quintals of saltfish annually in the late 1930s and early 1940s, but 1943 was a good year when 970 quintals were made and sold for $12.50 per quintal.
Very heavy timber grew along the shore of Path End but as the years went by, it became necessary to go farther and farther inland to get wood. Today, Biscay Bay is almost void of trees. The area boasted abundant partridge berries, bakeapples, rabbits, partridges, eider duck, fox, beaver, muskrat and weasel. The coming of the branch railway in 1913 added extra impetus to the area, as it had a sawmill in 1920.
Government
Biscay Bay is a local service district (LSD)[3] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.[4] The chair of the LSD committee is Yvonne Skinner.[3]
See also
- List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
- List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
References
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- See also:
- Municipalities of St. John's Metropolitan Area
- Census divisions of Newfoundland and Labrador
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- Inuit community governments
- Indian reserves
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Cities | |
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Local service districts (LSDs) and designated places (DPLs) | Both LSDs and DPLs |
- Aspen Cove
- Barachois Brook
- Bartletts Harbour
- Bay St. George South
- Beaches
- Bear Cove, Northern Peninsula
- Beau Bois
- Bellevue
- Bellevue Beach
- Benoits Siding
- Benton
- Birchy Cove
- Black Duck
- Black Duck Brook and Winterhouse
- Black Duck Cove, Northern Peninsula
- Black Tickle-Domino
- Blaketown
- Boyd's Cove
- Bridgeport
- Brig Bay
- Brigus South
- Brown's Arm
- Buchans Junction
- Bunyan's Cove
- Burgoynes Cove
- Burnside-St. Chads
- Burnt Cove, St. Michael's, Bauline South
- Burnt Point-Gull Island-Northern Bay
- Calvert
- Campbells Creek
- Canning's Cove
- Cape Freels North
- Cape Ray
- Caplin Cove-Southport
- Castor River North
- Castor River South
- Cavendish
- Chanceport
- Charlottetown, Bonavista Bay
- Cobbs Arm
- Cottrell's Cove
- Deadman's Bay
- Deep Bight
- Diamond Cove
- Dildo
- Dunfield
- Eddies Cove West
- Epworth-Great Salmonier
- Fairbanks-Hillgrade
- Fairhaven
- Flat Bay
- Forest Field-New Bridge
- Forresters Point
- Fox Island River-Point au Mal
- Fox Roost-Margaree
- Francois
- Freshwater, Conception Bay
- Gander Bay North
- Gander Bay South
- Garden Cove
- Georgetown
- Glovers Harbour
- Goobies
- Grates Cove
- Great Brehat
- Great Codroy
- Green Island Brook
- Green's Harbour
- Grey River
- Harbour Mille-Little Harbour East
- Harry's Harbour
- Herring Neck
- Hickman's Harbour-Robinson Bight
- Hodges Cove
- Hopeall
- Horwood
- Indian Cove
- Jackson's Cove-Langdon's Cove-Silverdale
- Jean de Baie
- La Poile
- Lance Cove, Bell Island
- L'Anse aux Meadows to Quirpon
- Laurenceton
- Little Harbour (East), Placentia Bay
- Little Rapids
- Little St. Lawrence
- Lodge Bay
- Loon Bay
- Lower Lance Cove
- Main Point-Davidsville
- Mainland
- Makinsons
- Markland
- Marysvale
- Mattis Point
- McCallum
- Merritt's Harbour
- Mobile
- Moreton's Harbour
- Nameless Cove
- New Chelsea-New Melbourne-Brownsdale-Sibley's Cove-Lead Cove
- New Harbour, Trinity Bay
- Newman's Cove
- Newville
- Noggin Cove
- Norman's Bay
- Norris Arm North
- North Harbour, St. Mary's Bay
- O'Donnells
- Old Shop
- Open Hall-Red Cliffe
- O'Regan's Central
- Patrick's Cove-Angels Cove
- Pensons Arm
- Petit Forte
- Petley
- Phillips Head
- Piccadilly Head
- Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove
- Pidgeon Cove-St. Barbe
- Pleasantview
- Plum Point
- Pollard's Point
- Port Albert
- Portland Creek
- Purcell's Harbour
- Pynns Brook
- Random Island West
- Random Sound West
- Rattling Brook
- Reefs Harbour-Shoal Cove West-New Ferolle
- Roaches Line
- Rock Harbour
- Searston
- Sheaves Cove
- Sheppardville
- Ship Cove, Northern Peninsula
- Ship Cove-Lower Cove-Jerry's Nose
- Smith's Harbour
- Smith's Sound
- Sop's Arm
- South Dildo
- Southeast Bight
- Spanish Room
- Spillars Cove
- St. Andrews
- St. Anthony Bight
- St. Joseph's Cove-St. Veronica's
- St. Judes
- St. Patricks
- St. Teresa
- Stanhope
- Stoneville
- Summerville-Princeton-Southern Bay
- Swift Current
- Thornlea
- Three Rock Cove
- Tizzard's Harbour
- Tompkins
- Tors Cove
- Upper Amherst Cove
- Upper Ferry
- Valley Pond
- Virgin Arm-Carter's Cove
- West Bay
- Wild Cove, White Bay
- William's Harbour
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- Biscay Bay
- Deer Park/Vineland Road
- Hay Cove
- Lethbridge to Sweet Bay
- Noddy Bay
- Quirpon
- Shoe Cove (Notre Dame Bay)
- Straitsview
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DPLs only | |
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