Misplaced Pages

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Hawke's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Hawke's Bay
Town
Seal
Hawke's BayLocation of Hawke's Bay in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 50°36′50″N 57°10′00″W / 50.61389°N 57.16667°W / 50.61389; -57.16667
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Settled	early 20th century
Population
• Total	297
Time zone	UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code	709
Highways	Route 430

Hawke's Bay is a town at the mouth of Torrent River southeast of Point Riche in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

History

The town was named after Edward Hawke by James Cook in 1766. This was to commemorate Hawke's victory in the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759. Although Hawke's Bay was used as an enclave during the early struggle for North America by both the English and French navies, it was not until the early 20th century that Michael Walsh became the first permanent settler. In 1903, a whaling station was established on the north side of the bay, but it closed the following year. Sydney Cotton ran the first airmail service in Newfoundland to Hawke's Bay. In 1933, pulpwood harvesting was established in the area by the International Pulp and Paper Company.

The first Postmistress was Miss Dorothea Desse Hoddinott who died in August 2003.

Climate

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hawke's Bay had a population of 297 living in 142 of its 162 total private dwellings, a change of -5.7% from its 2016 population of 315. With a land area of 46.41 km (17.92 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.4/km (16.6/sq mi) in 2021.

See also

• List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador

References

1. Canada, Environment and Climate Change (2013-09-25). "Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010 Station Data - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada". climate.weather.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
2. "Hawke's Bay". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 (in English and French). Environment Canada. 31 October 2011. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
3. "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.

50°36′50″N 57°10′00″W / 50.61389°N 57.16667°W / 50.61389; -57.16667

v t e Division No. 9, Newfoundland and Labrador (Great Northern Peninsula)
Towns	Anchor Point Bellburns Bird Cove Conche Cook's Harbour Cow Head Daniel's Harbour Englee Flower's Cove Glenburnie–Birchy Head–Shoal Brook Goose Cove East Hawke's Bay Main Brook Norris Point Parson's Pond Port au Choix Port Saunders Raleigh River of Ponds Rocky Harbour Roddickton–Bide Arm St. Anthony St. Lunaire–Griquet St. Pauls Sally's Cove Trout River Woody Point
Unorganized subdivisions	Subdivision A Subdivision C Subdivision D Subdivision F Subdivision G Subdivision H
Designated places	Bartletts Harbour Bear Cove, Northern Peninsula Black Duck Cove, Northern Peninsula Brig Bay Castor River North Castor River South Croque Eddies Cove West Forresters Point Great Brehat Green Island Brook L'Anse aux Meadows to Quirpon Nameless Cove Pidgeon Cove-St. Barbe Plum Point Portland Creek Reefs Harbour-Shoal Cove West-New Ferolle Ship Cove, Northern Peninsula St. Anthony Bight St. Juliens
See also: Census divisions of Newfoundland and Labrador

• Populated coastal places in Canada
• Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Fishing communities in Canada