Marystown
Sign in to saveMarystown is a town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, with a population of around 5,000. Situated 306 km from the province's capital, St. John's, it is on the Burin Peninsula. Until the early 1990s, its economy was largely based on shipbuilding, and it is due in part to this that the town experienced a population increase of 295% in just over a decade. The town was also dependent on the fish plant for employment.
Key facts
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- Marystown
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- Town
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- "Ubi Incrementum Est Via Vitae"(Latin)"Where Growth Is A Way Of Life"
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- Marystown, Winter Sunset Over the Harbour featuring Canning Bridge.jpg
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- Winter sunset over the harbour featuring Canning Bridge
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- Marystown NFLD coat of arms.jpg
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- Newfoundland
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- left
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- Location of Marystown in Newfoundland
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- Province
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- Census division
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- 2
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- Marystown Town Council
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- Mayor
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- Gerry Brenton
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- MHA
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 61.97
- Elevation
- 14
- Official website
- www.townofmarystown.ca
- Image
- Marystown, Winter Sunset Over the Harbour featuring Canning Bridge.jpg
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- Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador
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- Geography
- Demographics
- Religion
- Sacred Heart Parish
- Calvary Pentecost Church
- Seventh-Day Adventist Church
- Economy
- Workforce
- Shipbuilding and aquaculture
- Fish plant
- Attractions
- Shrine of Marymount
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Marystown is a town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, with a population of around 5,000. Situated 306 km from the province's capital, St. John's, it is on the Burin Peninsula. Until the early 1990s, its economy was largely based on shipbuilding, and it is due in part to this that the town experienced a population increase of 295% in just over a decade. The town was also dependent on the fish plant for employment.
Though the shipyard still holds a presence in the town, residents have had to look elsewhere for economic subsistence in the last decade or so. The closure of the fish plants in Newfoundland has also had its hand in the decline in economic subsistence. Mortier Bay also served a strategic role during World War II, and was the site selected to evacuate the Royal Family and regroup the British Navy in the event of German invasion of Britain. Currently fish farming and the shipyard remain important to the local economy; in fact, construction of the world's largest fish hatchery, the Grieg NL project, began at the town in 2019.
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