Peterview, Newfoundland and Labrador

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Peterview
other_name = Peters Arm
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settlement_type = Town
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image_caption = Peterview's welcome sign on the only road into the community.


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pushpin_map_caption = Location of Peterview in Newfoundland
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subdivision_name = CAN
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = NL
subdivision_type3 = Census division
subdivision_name3 = 6
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established_title2 = Incorporated
established_date2 = 1962
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leader_name = Jim Samson
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population_total = 807
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population_density_km2 = 120.0
timezone = Newfoundland Time
utc_offset = -3:30
timezone_DST = Newfoundland Daylight
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latd = 49
latm = 07
lats = 00
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longd = 55
longm = 21
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elevation_m = 12
postal_code_type = Postal code span
postal_code = A0H
area_code = 709
blank_name = Highways
blank_info = Route 350
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footnotes = Peterview is a town located in the Exploits Valley area of central Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, where Peters River empties into the Bay of Exploits, just south of Botwood, off Route 350.

Originally named Peters Arm, the community was incorporated as the Town of Peterview in 1962. The current mayor is Jim Samson and the deputy mayor is Monnie Burt. According to the 2001 Statistics Canada census, Peterview has a population of 807 with 266 [ [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1006021&Geo2=PR&Code2=10&Data=Count&SearchText=Wood%20Point,%20Bonne%20Bay&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All Population and dwelling counts] ] private dwellings.

Peterview has connections to Demasduwit (Mary March), a figure in Newfoundland history and one of the last Beothuk Indians, as John Peyton, one of her captors, built the first house in the area.

ee also

* List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador

References

External links

* [http://www.centralnewfoundland.com/peterview.php3 Peterview]