Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
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official_name = Rocky Harbour
other_name = Small Bay, Little Harbour
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pushpin_map_caption = Location of Rocky Harbour in Newfoundland
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established_title2 = Incorporated
established_date2 = 1966
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population_total = 1058
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timezone = Newfoundland Time
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website = [http://www.rockyharbour.ca/about/index.htm Town of Rocky Harbour Official Web page]
footnotes = Rocky Harbour is a village located north of Woody Point. The Post Office was established there in 1894. It became a Local Government Community in April 1966. It had a population of 687 in 1956. Today the population is 1058. [http://www.rockyharbour.ca/about/index.htm]
The harbour was previously known as Small Bay or Little Harbour.["Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador" (ISBN 0-9693422-1-7)] The harbour was frequented by the early French fisherman when it came under the French Shore fishery. The first year Rockey Harbour appered in the census figures was in 1874 and it had a population of 35.]It is a key tourist town located in central Gros Morne National Park, offering hiking, fishing, and birdwatching. It is surrounded by a World Heritage Site (Gros Morne National Park), which is home to Western Brook Pond Fjord.
ee also
*List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
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