The Burin Peninsula ( / ˈ b j ʊər ɪ n / BURE -in ) is a peninsula located on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador . Marystown is the largest population centre on the peninsula.
17-427: (Redirected from Saint Bernards ) St. Bernard's can refer to: St. Bernard's, Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada. St. Bernard's College, Lower Hutt , New Zealand. St. Bernard's College, Melbourne , Australia. St. Bernard's College, Oxford , England, a former Cistercian house of study out of which St John's College, Oxford, developed. St Bernard's Hospital ,
34-612: A 20-year lease with the intention of establishing a service hub supporting regional aquaculture , the first of its kind in Canada. Marbase is a partnership between one Newfoundland businessman, Paul Antle, and the Norwegian company Amar Group AS. In 2019, Marbase Cleanerfish Ltd., began work on a commercial lumpfish hatchery in Marystown, with an anticipated customer base of Atlantic salmon farm operators. As of 2020, government approval of
51-655: A high school in St Paul, Minnesota, USA. See also [ edit ] St. Bernard (disambiguation) St. Bernard's School (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title St. Bernard's . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Bernard%27s&oldid=1023110888 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
68-607: A loan of $ 17 million to finance the re-opening. Production finally commenced in mid-2018. Route 210 traverses the length of the Burin Peninsula, running along the northwest side of the peninsula between Marystown and Fortune . Route 220 runs from Fortune to Marystown on the southern side. A short connecting road Route 222 runs between these two roads west of Marystown. Routes 211 , 212 , 213 , 214 , 215 , and 221 are numbered local roads. The Burin Peninsula's economy
85-567: A psychiatric hospital in Southall, Middlesex, United Kingdom, situated on the site of the old Hanwell Asylum. St. Bernard's School , New York, USA St. Bernard's School (Brantford) , Ontario, Canada St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School , Slough, United Kingdom St Bernard's Catholic School, Buckinghamshire , now St Michael's Catholic School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom St Bernard's F.C. former Scottish football club. Saint Bernard's High School (Saint Paul, Minnesota) ,
102-541: A second mine also opened in 1937, the American Newfoundland Fluorspar Company. The fluorspar mines in St. Lawrence were major employers until business declined in the 1970s; the mines had closed by 1978. In 2011, Canada Fluorspar Inc. outlined preparations to open a fluorspar mine on the site of the old mine. The federal government provided $ 5 million in funding in 2017 and the provincial government provided
119-452: A town in 1967, the community was known as Fox Cove until 1915. The name was changed to differentiate it from two other communities with the same name. St. Bernard's appears to have been settled in the early 19th century by the Johnson, Stewart and Whelan families. These were primarily Anglican fishermen and as with many Newfoundland communities, as Roman Catholic fishermen began to settle there
136-569: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages St. Bernard%27s, Newfoundland and Labrador St. Bernard's-Jacques Fontaine is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador . The town had a population of 433 in the Canada 2021 Census , a drop from 470 in 2011. The town of St. Bernard's-Jacques Fontaine was amalgamated in 1994 from two small fishing communities. Incorporated as
153-624: Is tied to the ocean, consequently most of its settlements are located on the coast; some are outports and have no road connection (such as South East Bight ). Rencontre East , another isolated community, is accessible by a ferry port in Bay L'Argent and travels to Pool's Cove on the Connaigre Peninsula via Rencontre East. The French Islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon are the last colonies of France in North America, they are located just
170-615: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , St. Bernard's-Jacques Fontaine had a population of 433 living in 201 of its 225 total private dwellings, a change of 0% from its 2016 population of 433 . With a land area of 16.08 km (6.21 sq mi), it had a population density of 26.9/km (69.7/sq mi) in 2021. 47°31′35.90″N 54°56′35.90″W / 47.5266389°N 54.9433056°W / 47.5266389; -54.9433056 Burin Peninsula The Burin Peninsula extends to
187-503: The Basque region during the 16th century. The peninsula is also known as "The Boot" because of its shape. For centuries, there were plentiful cod , other fish and crustaceans in the area. The seafood supplied a thriving fishing industry. The eventual collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod fishery led to local mass unemployment during the second half of the 1990s. In response to a decline in
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#1733084819395204-529: The cod fishery industry, the Newfoundland government refurbished the Marystown shipyard in 1992. Ownership left Canada when the American company Friede Goldman Ltd. bought the facility in 1998, and remained in American hands when ownership changed again in 2002 to Kiewit Offshore Services Ltd . By 2019, the shipyard had been idle for four years and was acquired by Marbase Marystown Inc. (usually just Marbase), under
221-518: The location is by James Cook during his survey of Newfoundland on July 16, 1765, he recorded in his log: "At 7PM anchored with the best bower in a bight called Jack Fountain, in 10 fathoms water and moored with the small anchor and hawser. At noon weighed and came to sail." The earliest known settler was a Reuben Buffett. Two of his children were born at Jack Fontaine according to the Grand Bank Methodist Church Records. Charlotte
238-606: The populations diverged. St. Bernard's became predominantly Roman Catholic, while the nearby communities of Jacques Fontaine and Bay L'Argent became predominantly Anglican. Incorporated as a town in 1986, this small fishing community is located near the base of the Burin Peninsula on the east side of Fortune Bay approximately 3 km east of Bay L'Argent . The origin of the name is uncertain, perhaps deriving from an early French settler, although it appears on many early maps as Jack (or Jack's) Fontaine. Earliest known mention of
255-471: The southwest from the main island of Newfoundland, separating Fortune Bay to the west from Placentia Bay to the east. It measures approximately 130 km (81 mi) in length and between 15 and 30 kilometres (9.3–18.6 mi) in width. It is connected by a 30 km (19 mi) wide isthmus between Terrenceville and Monkstown . It was originally named the Buria Peninsula by fishermen from
272-430: The work in relation to environmental impact had not yet been completed. Fluorspar (also called fluorite ) deposits had been noted on the peninsula as early as 1843; however, it was not until 1933 that mining began. The operation was started by American Walter Siebert whose company was named the St. Lawrence Corporation of Newfoundland. Backbreaking work and no pay initially, finally led to a more significant mine by 1937;
289-431: Was born 19 December 1819 and Ambrose was born 21 Nov 1823. The first recorded census in 1863 labels the community as Tank Fontaine with a population of 33 residents. In 1935, there were 125 residents, noting the most common family names as Johnson, Pardy, Allen, Harris and Brushett. In the early 1980s, the population of Jacques Fontaine reached 200, most people finding employment in the inshore and long liner fisheries. In
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