Ferryland
Sign in to saveFerryland is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador on the Avalon Peninsula. According to the 2021 Statistics Canada census, its population is 371.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Ferryland
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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- File:Ferryland Sign.jpg
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- Welcome sign
- Settlement.image_seal
- Ferrylandcoa.jpg
- Settlement.motto
- "Tolerance, Courage, Endurance"
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- Newfoundland
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- left
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- Location of Ferryland in Newfoundland
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- Province
- Settlement.established_title
- Settled
- Settlement.established_date
- 1621
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- Town Council
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Aidan Costello
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 13.62
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 48
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- Area
- 13.62
- Elevation
- 48
- Official website
- www.ferryland.com
- Image
- Mapof ferryland.jpg
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Ferryland is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador on the Avalon Peninsula. According to the 2021 Statistics Canada census, its population is 371.
==Seventeenth century settlement== Ferryland was originally established as a station for migratory fishermen in the late 16th century but had earlier been used by the French, Spanish, and Portuguese. By the 1590s it was one of the most popular fishing harbours in Newfoundland and acclaimed by Sir Walter Raleigh. Ferryland was called "Farilham" by the Portuguese fishermen and "Forillon" by the French—it later became anglicized to its current name "Ferryland." (This should not be confused with the Forillon National Park in Quebec, which still keeps its French name.)
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