Hermitage-Sandyville

Hermitage-Sandyville is a small town on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada, with a population of 422 people in the 2016 Census. The main source of income for the community is provided by the Aquaculture industry, the local salmon plant[1] and fishing.

Hermitage-Sandyville
Town
Hermitage-Sandyville
Location of Hermitage-Sandyville in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 47°33′N 55°56′W
Country Canada
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
Government
 • MayorSteven Crewe
Population
 (2016)
 • Total422
Time zoneUTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code(s)709
Highways Route 364
Websitehttp://www.hermitage-sandyville.ca/

The school in Hermitage is John Watkins Academy, where students of both Hermitage-Sandyville and Seal Cove attend. The school mascot is the JWA Rebels. Students in this school range from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

Hermitage is the location of the ferry port for servicing the isolated outports of Gaultois and McCallum.[2]

Name

Channel Island settlers noted the resemblance of an offshore island to Hermitage Rock, a tidal island off the coast of Saint Helier, Jersey. This rock was the supposed location of Saint Helier's hermitage. Both the town and the bay are named after that rock.[3]


References
  1. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/hermitage-salmon-plant-begins-operations-under-cooke-1.2695534. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Hillier, Bernice (Jan 17, 2019). "Isolated towns fear new ferry contract will be the same old boat". CBC News. Retrieved Oct 17, 2020.
  3. Hamilton, William Baillie (1996). Place Names of Atlantic Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 216. ISBN 0802075703.


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