Hant's Harbour

The community of Hant's Harbour (48°00′55″N 53°15′45″W NST) is an incorporated town having a population of 329 (2016 Census) located on the east side of Trinity Bay on the Bay de Verde Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada.

Hant's Harbour
Town
Seal
Hant's Harbour
Location of Hant's Harbour in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 48°00′55″N 53°15′45″W
Country Canada
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
Population
 (2016)
 • Total329
Time zoneUTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Postal Code
A0B 1Y0
Area code(s)709
Telephone Exchanges586, 591
Highways Route 80
Hant's Harbour Lighthouse
LocationHant's Harbour
Bay de Verde Peninsula
Newfoundland
Canada
Coordinates48°01′18.6″N 53°15′16.3″W
Year first constructed1881 (first)
Year first lit1957 (current)
Foundationconcrete base
Constructionwooden tower (first and current)
Tower shapeoctagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern
square drustum tower with balcony and lantern (current)
Markings / patternwhite tower, red lantern
Tower height9 metres (30 ft)
Focal height20 metres (66 ft)
Original lenseighth-order Fresnel lens
Light sourcesolar power
Range13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi)
CharacteristicIso W 6s.
Admiralty numberH0504
CHS numberCCG 470
NGA number1728
ARLHS numberCAN-688
Managing agentCanadian Coast Guard[1][2]

Geography

Hant's Harbour is a small fishing village built around a small harbour which opens on the north to Trinity Bay. The harbour waters are able to accommodate vessels up to 100 tons, the landscapes which surround it are low hills which are rocky and barren.

Towns and communities nearby

History

During King William's War (1688–97), the village was destroyed in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign. Like most of the early settlements around the coast of Newfoundland, the population grew very slowly during the eighteenth century.

Hant's Harbour early residents were mostly of the Church of England, during the eighteenth century they depended upon the services of clergy on the irregular visits of the missionaries for the Society of the Propagation of the Gospel, stationed at Trinity.

The rise and rapid growth of Methodism in Hant's Harbour caused the Church of England community to remain small, its members being served the clergy stationed at nearby parishes. In the early twentieth century the Salvation Army came to Hant's Harbour and gradually built up a substantial membership, and constructed a citadel there.

Timeline
  • 1697 – Abbe Baudoin reports that there are four houses at Hant's Harbour.
  • 1801 – Five families are listed as living in Hant's Harbour.
  • 1813 – T.E. and Mary Pelley die. The gravestone recording this still stands.
  • 1820s – The first known church is built in the community.
  • 1830s – The population consists of 400 people.
  • 1847 – Ten vessels carrying 271 men are engaged in the seal hunt.
  • 1853 – Eight vessels totalling 767 tons carry 294 men to the seal hunt.
  • 1868 – 1870 – A second and much larger church is built, serving the circuit until 1907 when it is destroyed to build a new one.
  • 1871 – Lovell's Newfoundland Dictionary lists 81 of the 104 householders in Hant's Harbour as fisherman. Two others are listed as farmers.
  • 1880s – The population grows to its peak of about 750 residents.
  • 1961 – Fire destroys the vegetation which formerly covered the low hills which surround the harbour.

Climate

Relatively mild winters with considerable variation in snow cover. Heavy rainfalls from October through December. Summers cooled by low clouds and fogs near coasts, considerably brighter and warmer inland.

Economy

From the beginning, the economy of Hant's Harbour was based mainly on the fisheries, until the nineteenth century when it was the inshore cod fishery and the Labrador fishery during the latter half of the century. This was also an important source of seasonal income during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Attractions
  • Willow Tree Museum
  • Hant's Harbour Lighthouse
  • Willow Tree Fishing Stage
  • Willow Tree Site
  • Little Islands Hiking Trail

See also

References
  1. Southeastern Newfoundland The Lighthouse DirectoryUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 9 February 2017
  2. List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
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