36-403: [REDACTED] Route 450 Corner Brook ( 2021 population : 19,333 CA 29,762) is a city located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada. Corner Brook is the fifth largest settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, and the largest outside the Avalon Peninsula . Located on the Bay of Islands at the mouth of the Humber River ,
72-533: A change of -2.4% from its 2016 population of 19,806 . With a land area of 147.88 km (57.10 sq mi), it had a population density of 130.7/km (338.6/sq mi) in 2021. Near Corner Brook is Marble Mountain Ski Resort , a downhill skiing resort, and Blow-Me-Down trails, a cross country ski area. The Corner Brook Royals currently play in the West Coast Senior Hockey League and were
108-507: A series of national playoffs. Starting in 1920, the Allan Cup champion team would represent Canada in amateur play at the Olympics and World Championships. The CAHA used the profits from Allan Cup games as a subsidy for the national team. Competition for the cup was originally a one-game format, then a two-game total goals format. In 1925, CAHA leaders Silver Quilty and Frank Sandercock , changed
144-538: A sharp left turn at an intersection with Route 450A (Lewin Parkway). Route 450 now passes through the Curling section of town before leaving Corner Brook before winding its along the southern shore of Humber Arm to pass through Mount Moriah (where it crosses Cooks Brook ), Humber Arm South (where a couple of turns are needed to stay on the highway, one to the right, and the other to the left), and York Harbour , all within
180-813: A single storm. The combination of intense winter storms and "sea effect" snow make December and January the wettest months on average in Corner Brook. In December and January combined, average snowfall reaches nearly 200 centimetres (79 in). Newfoundland and Labrador Route 450 Route 450 (also known as Captain Cook 's Trail ) is a highway in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador . The highway starts at an interchange at Route 1 ( Trans-Canada Highway ) in Corner Brook . When approaching O'Connell Drive, motorists can turn left to continue their journey along
216-599: A strong arts community exists both within the school and well into the public. The campus houses the Grenfell Art Gallery . The Corner Brook Arts and Culture Centre among other institutions thrive in promoting the arts on all levels from visual arts to theatre. In 2015, the City's newest theatre and gallery, the Rotary Arts Centre , opened. Theatre Newfoundland Labrador is Corner Brook's professional theatre company. It
252-520: A wide array of shopping and retail businesses and federal and provincial government offices. It is home to Grenfell Campus, Memorial University , as well as campuses of Academy Canada and College of the North Atlantic . Corner Brook celebrated its Come Home Year from July 19–28, 2019. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Corner Brook had a population of 19,333 living in 8,868 of its 9,552 total private dwellings,
288-516: Is Thunder Bay with 10, including four won as Port Arthur before the city's amalgamation. The original Cup has been retired to the Hockey Hall of Fame , and a replica is presented to the champions. Listed are all of the challenges of the early years of the Allan Cup, bolded are the final winner of the season. This is a list of champions by province, territory, or state. (*) Two championships won by teams from Lloydminster are included only in
324-654: Is Linda Chaisson. Municipal elections in Corner Brook are held every four years on the last Tuesday in September. In the 2021 municipal elections held on September 28, 2021, Jim Parsons was re-elected mayor. Route 1 , the Trans-Canada Highway , passes the south side of the city on a high ridge before descending to the east into the Humber Valley. The city is accessed by air services at Deer Lake Regional Airport , 55 km (34 mi) northeast. Corner Brook Transit
360-401: Is a privately operated local bus service. The city is also served by four taxi cab companies. Corner Brook has a humid continental climate ( Dfb ) typical of most of Newfoundland. It is warmer in summer than St. John's due to less maritime exposure, whereas winters are colder than in the provincial capital. In terms of its overall climate, it is very maritime-like, especially considering how
396-611: Is the trophy awarded annually to the senior ice hockey champions of Canada . It was donated by Sir Montagu Allan of Ravenscrag, Montreal , and has been competed for since 1909. It was won by the Dundas Real McCoys in 2024 . In 1908, a split occurred in the competition of ice hockey in Canada. The top amateur teams left the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , which allowed professionals, to form
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#1732838118317432-731: The Alexander Cup competition was retired after 1954. The reigning Allan Cup champion was usually chosen to represent Canada in ice hockey at the Olympic Games or the Ice Hockey World Championships . The practice lasted from 1920 to 1964, when Father David Bauer established a permanent Canada men's national ice hockey team . Since 1984 the Allan Cup has been competed for by teams in the Senior AAA category. Although interest in senior ice hockey has diminished over its history,
468-535: The Atlantic Gypsum Plant. (For more history on the subject, see Latvians and Baltic Germans in Corner Brook .) Corner Brook is home to the Corner Brook Pulp & Paper Mill (owned by Kruger Inc. ), which is a major employer for the region. The city has the largest regional hospital in western Newfoundland.The Western Memorial Regional Hospital opened to patients and clients on June 2, 2024. It also has
504-475: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on October 6, 2016, and commenced FM broadcasting on November 5, 2017. The radio station is located on Cobb Lane, in the city's downtown district. The Corner Brook City Council has six city councillors and a mayor. The highest voting winning councillor becomes Deputy Mayor. The current mayor of the city is Jim Parsons . The deputy mayor
540-588: The Cup quickly came to appreciate the difficulties of organizing a national competition in so large a country. In 1914, at the suggestion of one of the trustees, Claude C. Robinson , the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) was formed as a national governing body for the sport with W. F. Taylor as its first president. One of the CAHA's first decisions, in 1915, was to replace the challenge system with
576-506: The Cup retains an important place in Canadian ice hockey. The Cup championship is determined in an annual tournament held in the city or town of a host team, playing off against regional champions. The Cup has been won by teams from every province and from Yukon , as well as by two teams from the United States which played in Canadian leagues. The city with the most Allan Cup championships
612-564: The Gulf of St. Lawrence and picking up moisture, resulting in "sea-effect" snow (similar to "lake effect" snow in US locations like Muskegon and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan). The "sea effect" snow comes in addition to the heavy snow that can accompany mid-latitude storms, called "nor'easters," that approach the area from the U.S. Northeastern and New England states. Such storms can bring high winds and heavy precipitation, with possibly changing precipitation types in
648-658: The Special Olympics Provincial Winter Games in February 2011. The city also twice hosted Raid the North Extreme , a televised six-day multi-sport expedition race held in wilderness locations across Canada, and was a leg of the ITU World Cup Triathlon. In 2004, Corner Brook hosted the annual World Broomball Championship . Corner Brook is home to Grenfell Campus , Memorial University , where
684-659: The amateur champions of Canada. It was to be ruled like the Stanley Cup had, passed by champion to champion by league championship or challenge. Three trustees were named to administer the trophy: Sir Edward Clouston, President of the Bank of Montreal , Dr. H. B. Yates of McGill University , (donor of the Yates Cup to the Intercollegiate Rugby Union in 1898) and Graham Drinkwater , four-time Stanley Cup champion. The trophy
720-447: The city is the second-largest population centre in the province behind St. John's , and smallest of three cities behind St. John's and Mount Pearl . As such, Corner Brook functions as a service centre for western and northern Newfoundland. It is located on the same latitude as Gaspé, Quebec , a city of similar size and landscape on the other side of the Gulf of St. Lawrence . Corner Brook is
756-501: The climate is in mainland Canada on similar latitudes. Precipitation is heavy year-round but highest in December and January and lowest in April and May, with relatively dry, stable conditions extending into July many years. The Corner Brook area lies in an especially heavy snow belt because of cold Arctic air masses from mainland Canada, coming from the west or northwest, crossing the waters of
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#1732838118317792-399: The cup to the CAHA, and establish an Allan Cup committee which included trustee William Northey . In February 1945, CAHA president Frank Sargent announced the cancellation of the 1945 Allan Cup playoffs. It was the first season in which the trophy was not contested since the inaugural 1909 Allan Cup . The cancellation was caused by the reluctance to travel during wartime conditions, and
828-500: The format to a best-of-three series due to increased popularity of the games and demand for a longer series. At the CAHA general meeting in March 1927, W. A. Fry requested to have the CAHA take control of the Allan Cup and its profits from the trustees, and use the funds to build amateur hockey in Canada. He felt the move justified as the CAHA had evolved and was able to manage its own affairs. His motion asked for H. Montagu Allan to donate
864-637: The most northern city in Atlantic Canada . It is the administrative headquarters of the Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nations band government . The Mi'kmaq name for the nearby Humber River is "Maqtukwek." The area was surveyed by Captain James Cook in 1767. The Captain James Cook Historic Site stands on Crow Hill overlooking the city. By the middle of the 19th century, the population of Corner Brook
900-480: The new Inter-Provincial Amateur Hockey Union (IPAHU), a purely amateur league. The trustees of the Stanley Cup decided that the Cup would be awarded to the professional ice champion, meaning there was no corresponding trophy for the amateur championship of Canada. The Allan Cup was donated in early 1909 by Montreal businessman and Montreal Amateur Athletic Association president Sir H. Montagu Allan to be presented to
936-421: The players' need to work rather than playing hockey. In 1951, the CAHA set up a "major league" of competition from the semi-pro and professional senior leagues. The leagues would no longer compete for the Allan Cup, but would compete for the new Alexander Cup . The Allan Cup would be competed for on a more purely amateur basis from teams in smaller centres of Canada. The major league concept broke up by 1953, and
972-404: The pulp and paper mill, laid out in 1923 by Thomas Adams using Garden City principles. In 1956, these four communities were amalgamated to form the present-day City of Corner Brook. Between 1948 and 1958, about 70 people from Latvia and Germany settled in Corner Brook. They came as part of then Premier Joseph Smallwood's New Industries program. They built and worked at North Star Cement and
1008-463: The road continuing northeast as Massey Drive to the town of the same name . It heads west along the southern edge of the city to have an intersection with Wheelers Road, which provides access to the Grenfell Campus . The highway now heads northwest through neighbourhood/industrial area to have intersections with Mac Donald Brown Drive, Lundrigan Drive, Sunnyslope Drive, O'Connell Drive, before making
1044-759: The route. The route terminates at a cul-de-sac in Lark Harbour . Route 450 made headlines in Newfoundland in January 2018 when massive rainfall caused flooding on January 13 and created a huge crater causing a large portion in the highway to collapse, thus separating residents in Lark Harbour and York Harbour from the remainder of the island. The impacted portion of the road was reopened to traffic on January 17, 2018. Route 450 begins in Corner Brook at an interchange with Route 1 ( Trans-Canada Highway , Exit 4), with
1080-518: The rugged terrain of the Lewis Hills portion of the Long Range Mountains . The highway now enters Lark Harbour and passes by Blow Me Down Provincial Park before passing through town, where it has an intersection with a local road leading to Bottle Cove and Little Port , before the pavement (and Route 450) comes to an end at the eastern edge of town. Allan Cup The Allan Cup
1116-503: The various works by Al Pittman and Our Frances by Berni Stapleton . Corner Brook is home to Gros Morne Summer Music , a classical music festival that spans July and August. The Hangashore Folk Festival was a folk festival based in Corner Brook from 1980–1994. For 32 years, the March Hare literary festival ran every March. It celebrated poetry and written works by poets and writers from around Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and
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1152-591: The winners of the 1986 National Title, the Allan Cup . The Royals play home games at the Corner Brook Civic Centre , formerly called the Canada Games Centre and the Pepsi Center. The arena was built in 1997 and was one of the main venues used when the city of Corner Brook hosted the 1999 Canada Games .The Corner Brook Civic Centre is currently owned by The City of Corner Brook. Corner Brook hosted
1188-424: The world. Atlantic Canada's largest poetry festival was founded in the late 1980s by poet and playwright Al Pittman and Corner Brook author and historian Rex Brown . The last March Hare was held in 2018. Corner Brook is also home to the region's only community radio station, BayFM ( CKVB-FM 100.1, or BOIR). The station was previously only available online. However, the station received its broadcast licence from
1224-731: Was founded in 1979 by Maxim Mazumdar , and it operates a year-round professional theatre company from its home base, Corner Brook. From September to May, their Sarah McDonald Youth Theatre offers classes in acting, stagecraft and music to youth aged 6 to 8 and produces several youth and community-oriented productions in and around the city. From May to September, it puts together a professional repertory summer festival in Cow Head , Gros Morne National Park and regular national and international touring of plays like Tempting Providence by Robert Chafe , With Cruel Times in Between by Sarah McDonald , based on
1260-504: Was less than 100, and the inhabitants were engaged in fishing and lumber work. The area was originally four distinct communities, each with unique commercial activities: Curling , with its fishery; Corner Brook West (also known as Humber West or Westside) with its retail businesses; Corner Brook East (also known as Humbermouth and the Heights) with its railway and industrial operations; and Townsite (known as Corner Brook) to house employees of
1296-692: Was originally presented to the Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal , Quebec, members of the IPAHU, to award to the champions of the IPAHU. The first IPAHU champion, and by extension, first winner of the Cup was the Ottawa Cliffsides hockey club. After the season, the Cliffsides were defeated in the first-ever challenge by the Queen's University hockey club of Kingston, Ontario . In the early years, trustees of
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