Calvert is an unincorporated Canadian settlement in the Ferryland District of Newfoundland and Labrador, on the Irish loop, 72 kilometres south of the provincial capital St. John's. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Ferryland is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador on the Avalon Peninsula. Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation St John's (ˌseɪntˈdʒanz French Saint-Jean) is the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and located on the eastern tip It is 7 kilometres south of Cape Broyle, and 3 kilometres north of Ferryland. The Town of Cape Broyle (population 568 is an incorporated community located on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador The population in 2001 was 355, a decline of 17% since 1996. [1]
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Origin of name
Prior to January 30, 1922, Calvert was known as Caplin Bay, sometimes spelled Capelin Bay, said to be named for the large number of capelin that were fished by early settlers there. The capelin or caplin, Mallotus villosus, is a small Fish of the Smelt family found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans As several other Newfoundland communities had similar names (Capelin Cove, etc. ), and in light of the necessities of the postal service, the Newfoundland Nomenclature Board, in the early 20th century, made efforts to reduce duplication of place names. It responded favourably to a petition collected by the parish priest of Ferryland, Father Alfred Maher, in 1922, to change the name of the settlement in honour of Sir George Calvert, First Baron Baltimore, and founder, in the early seventeenth century, of the Colony of Avalon at what is now nearby Ferryland. George Calvert 1st Baron Baltimore ( c 1580 &ndash 15 April 1632 was an English Politician and coloniser.
History
Settlers were recorded at Cap(e)lin Bay, what is now Calvert, as early as the 1670s.
Loyola Sullivan, the former provincial Minister of Finance and Member of the House of Assembly for Ferryland District, and current Canadian Ambassador for Fisheries Conservation, is from Calvert. Loyola Sullivan (born April 3, 1949) is a former Canadian provincial politician elected as the Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
A history of the town was written by Gerald Pocius, in a book titled "A Place to Belong: Community Order and Everyday Space in Calvert, Newfoundland". [2]
References
- ^ Population Change 1996 - 2001. Demographic Accounts. Newfoundland & Labrador Statistics Agency. Retrieved on 2006-06-03. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering
- ^ A Place to Belong. McGill-Queen's University Press. Retrieved on 2006-06-03. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering
External links
- Google Maps satellite image of Calvert Bay
- Demographic, Economic, and Social profile of Calvert from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Family Names of Calvert
- Genealogical information on Ferryland District (including Calvert) from Newfoundland's Grand Banks
- Folksongs of Calvert collected by MacEdward Leach
- Photo of Calvert, 1933
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