Harbor Grace
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| Location in Newfoundland and Labrador | |||
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| Province : | Newfoundland and Labrador | ||
| Region: | Census Division No. 1 | ||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 40 ′ N , 53 ° 16 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 15 m | ||
| Area : | 33.71 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2995 (as of 2016) | ||
| Population density : | 88.8 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Newfoundland Time ( UTC − 3: 30 ) | ||
| Postal code : | A0A | ||
| Mayor : | Terry Barnes | ||
| Website : | www.hrgrace.ca | ||
 Cathedral of Immaculate Conception |
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Harbor Grace is a municipality ( town ) on Newfoundland in Canada in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador .
In the 2016 census, the population was 2,995. Five years earlier it was 3,131.
geography
Harbor Grace is located on the east coast of the Bay de Verde Peninsula on the Avalon Peninsula directly on Conception Bay . St. John's is located around 45 kilometers southeast . The Avalon Peninsula Highway Route 70 runs through Harbor Grace.
history
The place was already used by fishermen as a settlement around 1550 and settled from 1583. Since the surrounding waters were characterized by a great abundance of fish, the population grew rapidly. The name Harbor Grace was chosen with a high degree of probability based on the name Havre de Grace , which was previously used for the French city of Le Havre . In the early 1600s, the place became the base for the pirate Peter Easton . Due to the strategically and economically favorable location, there were repeated armed conflicts between French and English troops for supremacy in Harbor Grace. In the 18th and 19th centuries, shipbuilding and fishing were the main livelihoods of the inhabitants.
After an airfield was built nearby , extensive test flights took place in the 1920s and 1930s, including to Europe. Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart took off from Harbor Grace on May 20, 1932 for a woman's first solo flight across the Atlantic and landed in Northern Ireland . In her honor, a statue was placed next to the Spirit of Harbor Grace aircraft memorial . A week before Earhart, Lou Reichers had landed in Harbor Grace before ditching Ireland on the onward flight.
Fishing and fish processing are still the dominant industries in Harbor Grace today.
Many ancient and historically valuable buildings and places are on the List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Newfoundland and Labrador or the List of historic places on the Avalon Peninsula , including:
- Harbor Grace Court House
- Harbor Grace Historic Museum
- Payne House
- Goodland House
- Ridley Office
- Masonic Lodge
- Harbor Grace Railway Station
- St. Paul's Anglican Church, Harbor Grace
- Cathedral of Immaculate Conception
- Rothesay House
- Harbor Grace Victoria Manor
- The Maples
- Otterbury School House
- West End Mercantile Establishment
- Ridley Hall Ruins
- Roman Catholic Parish Cemetery
- Harbor Grace Registered Heritage District
Harbor Grace Court House
Harbor Grace Historic Museum
The Maples
Rothesay House
Harbor Grace Victoria Manor
sons and daughters of the town
- Jamie Korab , curler
- Richard Squires , politician
- William Azariah Munn , entrepreneur and founding member of the Newfoundland Historical Society
Web links
- Conception Bay Museum
- spirit - The Spirit of Harbor Grace
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Harbor Grace, Census 2016 . Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ History