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Lark Harbour is small fishing community on the western coast of Newfoundland, on the south side of the Bay of Islands, and west of the City of Corner Brook.
Lark Harbour | |
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Town | |
 Lark Harbour (showing promontory in Blow Me Down Provincial Park) | |
  Lark Harbour Location of Lark Harbour in Newfoundland | |
| Coordinates: 49°06′N 58°22′W / 49.100°N 58.367°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 508 |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  Route 450 |
| Current lighthouse | |
| Constructed | 2010  |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | fiberglass tower |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with light[2][3] |
| Markings | white (tower) , stripe (2, red, horizontal direction) |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Focal height | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Range | 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 4s |
| Second lighthouse | |
| Constructed | 1950 |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | concrete tower |
| Height | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Shape | hexagonal frustum tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white (tower), red (lantern) |
| Deactivated | 2010 |
| First lighthouse | |
| Constructed | 1925 |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | wooden tower |
| Height | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Deactivated | 1950 |
| Focal height | 35 m (115 ft) |
Combined with neighbouring York Harbour, there is a population of about 880. Blow Me Down Provincial Park lies on the boundary between the two communities.
Demographics
editIn the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lark Harbour had a population of 508 living in 221 of its 290 total private dwellings, a change of -2.7% from its 2016 population of 522. With a land area of 12.94 km2 (5.00 sq mi), it had a population density of 39.3/km2 (101.7/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southwestern Newfoundland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard
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