Buchans
Sign in to saveBuchans ( ) is a town located in the central part of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is situated on the northwest shore of Beothuk Lake on the Buchans River.
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- Demographics
- Discovery and mining history
- Buchans mines
- Lucky Strike
- Oriental
- Rothermere
- MacLean's
- Labour disputes
- Mine fatalities
- Transportation links
- Railway and highway
- Air
- Major secondary access roads
- Early history
- Company town
- Municipal history
- Hockey
- Final years of Asarco operation
- Buchans since 1984
- Climate
- See also
- References
- External links
Buchans ( ) is a town located in the central part of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is situated on the northwest shore of Beothuk Lake on the Buchans River.
The town is located within the statistical unit of Census Division No. 6, approximately 72 kilometres southwest of the Trans-Canada Highway at the terminus of Route 370.
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