Baie Verte, Newfoundland and Labrador
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| established_title2 = Incorporated
| established_date2 = 1968
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| leader_name = Shawn Russell
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Baie Verte (2021 Population 1,311) is a town located on the north coast of the island portion of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador on the Baie Verte Peninsula.
The French named the area for its greenness, "green bay."
Geography
Baie Verte is one of 42 communities that make up the Emerald Zone which is located in the North Central portion of Newfoundland. Baie Verte dates to the late 19th century, but remained a small village until the discovery of asbestos and other ore bodies of copper, lead, zinc and gold in the mid-1950s when the town underwent major expansion. Bowering Brother's steamers called in the area in the 1950s to transport the ore found here. It became a town in 1968.
The major Baie Verte fault line starts here and runs from here to Long Island Sound by way of Vermont.The Chronicle, September 8, 2008, page 22, "Geologist give talk about Lowell's geologic history"
=Climate=
{{Weather box
|location = Baie Verte
Coordinates {{coordinates|49|55|N|56|11|W|type:airport_region:CA-NL|name=Baie Verte}}; elevation: {{convert|110|m|abbr=on}}; 1961–1990, extremes 1958–1995
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|Jan record high C = 11.1
|Feb record high C = 10.6
|Mar record high C = 16.0
|Apr record high C = 20.0
|May record high C = 26.7
|Jun record high C = 32.2
|Jul record high C = 34.0
|Aug record high C = 32.2
|Sep record high C = 29.0
|Oct record high C = 23.3
|Nov record high C = 20.0
|Dec record high C = 14.4
|year record high C = 34.0
|Jan high C = -3.8
|Feb high C = -3.7
|Mar high C = 0.0
|Apr high C = 3.9
|May high C = 9.6
|Jun high C = 16.6
|Jul high C = 21.2
|Aug high C = 20.0
|Sep high C = 15.2
|Oct high C = 9.2
|Nov high C = 4.0
|Dec high C = -1.0
|year high C = 7.6
|Jan mean C = -8.4
|Feb mean C = -8.9
|Mar mean C = -4.6
|Apr mean C = 0.1
|May mean C = 5.1
|Jun mean C = 11.0
|Jul mean C = 15.6
|Aug mean C = 14.9
|Sep mean C = 10.5
|Oct mean C = 5.1
|Nov mean C = 0.5
|Dec mean C = -5.0
|Jan low C = -13.1
|Feb low C = -14.2
|Mar low C = -9.3
|Apr low C = -3.8
|May low C = 0.5
|Jun low C = 5.4
|Jul low C = 10.1
|Aug low C = 9.7
|Sep low C = 5.8
|Oct low C = 1.0
|Nov low C = -2.9
|Dec low C = -9.1
|year low C = -1.7
|Jan record low C = -28.0
|Feb record low C = -33.9
|Mar record low C = -30.0
|Apr record low C = -20.0
|May record low C = -13.9
|Jun record low C = -5.0
|Jul record low C = 0.0
|Aug record low C = -1.1
|Sep record low C = -3.9
|Oct record low C = -11.1
|Nov record low C = -20.0
|Dec record low C = -27.8
|year record low C = -33.9
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 106.7
|Feb precipitation mm = 83.9
|Mar precipitation mm = 82.1
|Apr precipitation mm = 70.2
|May precipitation mm = 81.6
|Jun precipitation mm = 91.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 72.3
|Aug precipitation mm = 103.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 93.2
|Oct precipitation mm = 105.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 104.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 106.7
|year precipitation mm = 1100.8
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 17.7
|Feb rain mm = 11.6
|Mar rain mm = 26.1
|Apr rain mm = 32.3
|May rain mm = 70.6
|Jun rain mm = 90.5
|Jul rain mm = 72.3
|Aug rain mm = 103.0
|Sep rain mm = 93.2
|Oct rain mm = 100.4
|Nov rain mm = 73.3
|Dec rain mm = 30.1
|snow colour = green
|Jan snow cm = 89.0
|Feb snow cm = 74.9
|Mar snow cm = 57.0
|Apr snow cm = 37.8
|May snow cm = 10.2
|Jun snow cm = 0.9
|Jul snow cm = 0
|Aug snow cm = 0
|Sep snow cm = 0
|Oct snow cm = 4.7
|Nov snow cm = 30.1
|Dec snow cm = 75.5
|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 12
|Feb precipitation days = 10
|Mar precipitation days = 11
|Apr precipitation days = 10
|May precipitation days = 12
|Jun precipitation days = 12
|Jul precipitation days = 12
|Aug precipitation days = 13
|Sep precipitation days = 15
|Oct precipitation days = 14
|Nov precipitation days = 13
|Dec precipitation days = 13
|unit rain days = 0.2 mm
|Jan rain days = 2
|Feb rain days = 1
|Mar rain days = 3
|Apr rain days = 5
|May rain days = 11
|Jun rain days = 12
|Jul rain days = 12
|Aug rain days = 13
|Sep rain days = 15
|Oct rain days = 14
|Nov rain days = 9
|Dec rain days = 3
|unit snow days = 0.2 cm
|Jan snow days = 11
|Feb snow days = 9
|Mar snow days = 8
|Apr snow days = 6
|May snow days = 2
|Jun snow days = trace
|Jul snow days = 0
|Aug snow days = 0
|Sep snow days = 0
|Oct snow days = trace
|Nov snow days = 5
|Dec snow days = 10
|source 1 = 1961-1990 Environment and Climate Change CanadaEnvironment Canada—[https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1961_1990_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=NL&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=699&dispBack=0 Normals 1961–1990]. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
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History
The Baie Verte asbestos deposit was discovered in 1955, and Advocate Mines, a division of the giant Johns-Manville Company, began open-pit mining there in 1963. In the 1970s the town was gripped by a strike by asbestos miners over working conditions which lasted for 15 weeks. The Advocate mine shut down in 1981, was reopened in 1982 by Transpacific Asbestos Ltd., but closed permanently in 1990.{{cite web |url=http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/baieverte.html |title=The Baie Verte Asbestos Mines |publisher=Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage |access-date=October 21, 2019}}
The Point Rousse Project is located within the Baie Verte Mining District, on the Point Rousse/Ming's Bight Peninsula. The Project covers three prospective gold trends: the Scrape Trend, the Goldenville Trend and the Deer Cove Trend. These trends have approximately 20 km of cumulative strike length and include three deposits (Pine Cove, Stog’er Tight and Argyle).
Anaconda Mining has been mining at the Pine Cove open pit mine in Baie Verte continuously since 2010, and has produced in excess of 118,028 ounces of gold.{{cite news |url=http://www.thewesternstar.com/business/touring-anaconda-mining-operation-on-baie-verte-peninsula-186309/ |title=Touring Anaconda Mining operation on Baie Verte Peninsula |date=February 15, 2018|publisher=Saltwire Network |work=The Western Star |access-date=October 21, 2019}}
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Baie Verte had a population of {{val|1311|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|556|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|647|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:1311-1313}}|1313|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|1313|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|371.37|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1311|371.37|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000210 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 15, 2022}}
Notable people
- Brad Brown, National Hockey League player
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.townofbaieverte.ca/ The town of Baie Verte]
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Category:Populated coastal places in Canada
Category:Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
Category:Mining communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
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