Elliston is an incorporated fishing settlement situated on the Bonavista Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada. Incorporated in 1965, the town of Elliston was once called Bird Island Cove and it is composed of a number of communities, North Side, Noder Cover, Elliston Centre, Elliston Point, Porter's Point, Sandy Cove, The Neck and Maberly. Elliston is known as the Root Cellar Capital of the World and has claimed that title from the 135 root cellars that exist in the community.
Elliston
Bird Island Cove | |
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Town | |
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| Nickname: Root Cellar Capital of the World | |
  Elliston Location of Elliston in Newfoundland | |
| Coordinates: 48°37′53″N 53°02′06″W / 48.6314°N 53.035°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Incorporated | 1965 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Derek Martin[1] |
| • Deputy Mayor | Geraldine Baker |
| • Councillors | Jabez Chaulk, Blair Templeman, Harriet Tilley |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.05 km2 (3.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 315 |
| • Density | 30.7/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  Route 238 |
| Website | https://www.townofelliston.ca/ |
Elliston was renamed from Bird Island Cove by Reverend Charles Lench to honour the first Methodist Missionary, Reverend William Ellis, to this community. The name Bird Island Cove was used since the early 17th century and it gets its name from two small islands, North and South Bird Island, that lie off the south entrance of this cove.
In 2013, parts of the movie The Grand Seduction were filmed at Elliston.[4]
Events
edit- The Roots, Rants and Roars festival is filled with Elliston's music and food, with a competition called Cod Wars where chefs make the most creative and original dishes featuring cod.
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Elliston had a population of 315 living in 148 of its 198 total private dwellings, a change of 2.3% from its 2016 population of 308. With a land area of 10.07 km2 (3.89 sq mi), it had a population density of 31.3/km2 (81.0/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Town of Elliston, NL". Archived from the original on 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Elliston, Town [Census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Elliston's Puffin Train". www.townofelliston.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
External links
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Media related to Elliston, Newfoundland and Labrador at Wikimedia Commons- Town of Elliston
- James Ryan Heritage House
- Elliston - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol.1, p. 772-774.
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