- Cartwright, Newfoundland and Labrador
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established_date = 1775
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established_date2 = 1956
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timezone =Atlantic Time
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footnotes = Cartwright is a community located on the eastern side of the entrance to Sandwich Bay, along the southern coast ofLabrador in the province ofNewfoundland and Labrador ,Canada . It was incorporated in1956 .Cartwright has been a settled community since
1775 when Captain George Cartwright, for whom the place is named, settled there, establishing a fish and fur trading business. Eleven years later he left Labrador, maintaining a business interest there until it was sold toHunt and Henley in1815 . It was again sold in1873 to theHudson's Bay Company and has remained under company ownership ever since.Since 2002, Cartwright has been connected by road (a section of the
Trans-Labrador Highway ) withBlanc Sablon, Quebec , where there is a car ferry to Newfoundland. In summer it is also connected by car ferry toGoose Bay, Labrador andLewisporte, Newfoundland .References
External links
* [http://www.archive.org/details/DaleJarvisTheWhistlingGhost Audio recording of a ghost story from Cartwright, Labrador] (Streaming and downloadable formats)
ee also
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List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
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