Lewisporte
Sign in to saveLewisporte is a town in central Newfoundland, Canada, with a population of 3,288. It is situated in Burnt Bay which opens on to the Bay of Exploits. Lewisporte has a deep water port and related facilities that serve many communities in the region.
Key facts
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- Lewisporte
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- Town
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- Downtown lewisporte newfoundland canada.jpg
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- Newfoundland
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- left
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- Location of Lewisporte in Newfoundland
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- Country
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- Province
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- Settled
- Settlement.established_date
- 1876
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- Incorporated
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1946
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- Mayor
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- MHA
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Derek Bennett (LIB)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 36.9
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_total
- 3,288
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Lewisporte is a town in central Newfoundland, Canada, with a population of 3,288. It is situated in Burnt Bay which opens on to the Bay of Exploits. Lewisporte has a deep water port and related facilities that serve many communities in the region.
==History== Settlers first arrived in Lewisporte, previously named Burnt Bay, and then Marshallville (after the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary William T Marshall who died in 1846), in 1887 and engaged in the prosperous fishing, logging, and ship building industries. Lewisporte is named for Lewis Miller, an enterprising Scotsman who operated a logging company in central Newfoundland. Millertown, another community in this region is also named for him. The first European settlers were attracted to the area by the huge stands of birch, spruce and pine.
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