Hant's Harbour

Hant's Harbour
Hant's Harbour
Town
	Seal
	Hant's Harbour Location of Hant's Harbour in Newfoundland
	Coordinates: 48°00′55″N 53°15′45″W / 48.01528°N 53.26250°WCoordinates: 48°00′55″N 53°15′45″W / 48.01528°N 53.26250°W
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Population (2016)
• Total	329
Time zone	UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Postal Code	A0B 1Y0
Area code(s)	709
Telephone Exchanges	586, 591
Highways	Route 80
Hant's Harbour Lighthouse
Constructed	1881 (first)
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	wooden tower (first and current)
Tower height	9 m (30 ft)
Tower shape	octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern; square drustum tower with balcony and lantern (current)
Markings	white tower, red lantern
Power source	solar power
Operator	Canadian Coast Guard
First lit	1957 (current)
Focal height	20 m (66 ft)
Lens	eighth-order Fresnel lens
Range	13 nmi (24 km; 15 mi)
Characteristic	Iso W 6s
Admiralty no.	H0504
NGA no.	1728
CCG no.	470
ARLHS no.	CAN688

The community of Hant's Harbour (

48°00′55″N 53°15′45″W / 48.01528°N 53.26250°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.

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[]

New Chelsea
New Melbourne
Brownsdale
Winterton
Turks Cove
New Perlican

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

References[]

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southeast Newfoundland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
^ 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[]

Baccalieu Trail
Historical Baccalieu Trail
Picture of the lighthouse
Hant's Harbour - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 2, p. 792-795.
Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard

[1] Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southeast Newfoundland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-02-09.

[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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