Channel-Port aux Basques

Channel-Port aux Basques
Town
The Channel-Port aux Basques waterfront in October 2005.
The Channel-Port aux Basques waterfront in October 2005.
Channel-Port aux Basques is located in Newfoundland
Channel-Port aux Basques
Channel-Port aux Basques
Location of Channel-Port aux Basques in Newfoundland
Channel-Port aux Basques is located in Canada
Channel-Port aux Basques
Channel-Port aux Basques
Channel-Port aux Basques (Canada)
Coordinates: 47°34′10″N 59°08′10″W / 47.56944°N 59.13611°W / 47.56944; -59.13611
CountryCanada
ProvinceNewfoundland and Labrador
Federal ridingLong Range Mountains
Incorporated1945
Government
 • TypeChannel-Port aux Basques Town Council
 • MayorBrian Button
Area
 (2016)[1][2]
 • Total
38.77 km2 (14.97 sq mi)
 • Population Centre4.89 km2 (1.89 sq mi)
Elevation
23 m (75 ft)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
3,547
 • Density104.9/km2 (272/sq mi)
 • Population Centre
3,665
 • Population Centre density749.4/km2 (1,941/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−03:30 (NST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−02:30 (NDT)
Postal code span
Area code709
Highways Route 470
Route 1 (TCH)
Websiteportauxbasques.ca
Channel Head Lighthouse Edit this at Wikidata
Coordinates47°33′57.3″N 59°07′24.8″W / 47.565917°N 59.123556°W / 47.565917; -59.123556 (Channel Head Lighthouse)
Constructed1875 (first)
Constructionwooden tower (first)
cast iron tower (current)
Height9 m (30 ft) (first)
17 m (56 ft) (current)
Shapequadrangular tower with balcony and lantern (first)
cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern (current)
OperatorCanadian Coast Guard[4][5]
Heritagerecognized federal heritage building of Canada Edit this on Wikidata
Fog signal1 blast every 60s.
First lit1895 (current)
Focal height27.5 m (90 ft) (first)
29 m (95 ft) (current)
Range17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi)
CharacteristicFl W 10s.

Channel-Port aux Basques is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of Newfoundland fronting on the western end of the Cabot Strait. A Marine Atlantic ferry terminal is located in the town which is the primary entry point onto the island of Newfoundland and the western terminus of the Newfoundland and Labrador Route 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) in the province. The town was incorporated in 1945 and its population in the 2021 census was 3,547.[3]

Port aux Basques is the oldest of the collection of villages that make up the present-day town, which consists of Port aux Basques, Channel, Grand Bay and Mouse Island. The town is called "Siinalk" in the Miꞌkmaq language.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Census Profile, 2016 Census Channel-Port aux Basques [Population centre], Newfoundland and Labrador and Newfoundland and Labrador [Province]
  3. ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  4. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southwestern Newfoundland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  5. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2018.