Designated place in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Location of Capstan Island in Newfoundland and Labrador
Capstan Island is a designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Located along the Labrador Straits or Strait of Belle Isle, which is a major shipping/export route to oversea destinations, Capstan Island is a small community of 55 residents. It is primarily known for its rich fishing grounds.
Residents lived off the land and sea for primary food/income. Cod fish, crab, scallop, escargot, lumpfish roe, herring and squid, Black duck, murre, pigeons, rabbits, spruced grouse, ptarmigan, caribou, moose, porcupine, beaver, bear were species hunted & fished by most families. Also the fur industry added additional income.
Capstan Island got its name from a capstan located on an island very near to the village. A capstan is a sturdy wooden post and handle, mounted in a stabilizing frame, used to wind in a rope or cable to block seals in the bay. Around 1851 residents began sealing in this area. A large capstan was placed on the small island just offshore and a seal net attached to it. When harp seals migrated along the shore in spring, the net 'box' trapped them. Capstan Island is located in the Labrador Straits region on Route 510 (Trans-Labrador Highway), only 39 km from the Quebec/Labrador border.
There are often icebergs directly across from the community; visitors can go to the fishing wharf and get a view.
Geography
Capstan Island is in Labrador within Subdivision A of Division No. 10.[1]
Demographics
As a designated place in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Capstan Island recorded a population of 55 living in 30 of its 31 total private dwellings, a change of 34.1% from its 2016 population of 41. With a land area of 9.09 km2 (3.51 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.1/km2 (15.7/sq mi) in 2021.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)". Statistics Canada. February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table". Statistics Canada. 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
Subdivisions of Newfoundland and Labrador
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Local service districts (LSDs) and designated places (DPLs) | Both LSDs and DPLs | - Aspen Cove
- Barachois Brook
- Bartlett's Harbour
- Bay St. George South
- Beaches
- Bear Cove, Northern Peninsula
- Beau Bois
- Bellevue
- Bellevue Beach
- Benoits Siding
- Benton
- Birchy Cove
- Black Duck
- Black Duck Brook and Winterhouse
- Black Duck Cove, Northern Peninsula
- Black Tickle
- Blaketown
- Boyd's Cove
- Bridgeport
- Brig Bay
- Brigus South
- Brown's Arm
- Buchans Junction
- Bunyan's Cove
- Burgoyne's Cove
- Burnside-St. Chads
- Burnt Cove, St. Michael's, Bauline South
- Burnt Point-Gull Island-Northern Bay
- Calvert
- Campbells Creek
- Canning's Cove
- Cape Freels North
- Cape Ray
- Caplin Cove-Southport
- Castor River North
- Castor River South
- Cavendish
- Chanceport
- Charlottetown, Bonavista Bay
- Cobb's Arm
- Cottrell's Cove
- Deadman's Bay
- Deep Bight
- Diamond Cove
- Dildo
- Dunfield
- Eddies Cove West
- Epworth-Great Salmonier
- Fairbanks-Hillgrade
- Fairhaven
- Flat Bay
- Forest Field-New Bridge
- Forresters Point
- Fox Island River-Point au Mal
- Fox Roost-Margaree
- Francois
- Freshwater, Conception Bay
- Gander Bay North
- Gander Bay South
- Garden Cove
- Georgetown
- Glovers Harbour
- Goobies
- Grates Cove
- Great Brehat
- Great Codroy
- Green Island Brook
- Green's Harbour
- Grey River
- Harbour Mille-Little Harbour East
- Harry's Harbour
- Herring Neck
- Hickman's Harbour-Robinson Bight
- Hodge's Cove
- Hopeall
- Horwood
- Indian Cove
- Jackson's Cove-Langdon's Cove-Silverdale
- Jean de Baie
- La Poile
- Lance Cove, Bell Island
- L'Anse aux Meadows to Quirpon
- Laurenceton
- Little Harbour (East), Placentia Bay
- Little Rapids
- Little St. Lawrence
- Lodge Bay
- Loon Bay
- Lower Lance Cove
- Main Point-Davidsville
- Mainland
- Makinsons
- Markland
- Marysvale
- Mattis Point
- McCallum
- Merritt's Harbour
- Mobile
- Moreton's Harbour
- Nameless Cove
- New Chelsea-New Melbourne-Brownsdale-Sibley's Cove-Lead Cove
- New Harbour, Trinity Bay
- Newman's Cove
- Newville
- Noggin Cove
- Norman's Bay
- Norris Arm North
- North Harbour, St. Mary's Bay
- O'Donnells
- Old Shop
- Open Hall-Red Cliffe
- O'Regan's Central
- Patrick's Cove-Angels Cove
- Pensons Arm
- Petit Forte
- Petley
- Phillips Head
- Piccadilly Head
- Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove
- Pidgeon Cove-St. Barbe
- Pleasantview
- Plum Point
- Pollard's Point
- Port Albert
- Portland Creek
- Purcell's Harbour
- Pynns Brook
- Random Island West
- Random Sound West
- Rattling Brook
- Reefs Harbour-Shoal Cove West-New Ferolle
- Roaches Line
- Rock Harbour
- Searston
- Sheaves Cove
- Sheppardville
- Ship Cove, Northern Peninsula
- Ship Cove-Lower Cove-Jerry's Nose
- Smith's Harbour
- Smith's Sound
- Sop's Arm
- South Dildo
- South East Bight
- Spanish Room
- Spillars Cove
- St Andrews
- St. Anthony Bight
- St. Joseph's Cove-St. Veronica's
- St. Judes
- St Patricks
- St. Teresa
- Stanhope
- Stoneville
- Summerville-Princeton-Southern Bay
- Swift Current
- Thornlea
- Three Rock Cove
- Tizzard's Harbour
- Tompkins
- Tors Cove
- Upper Amherst Cove
- Upper Ferry
- Valley Pond
- Virgin Arm-Carter's Cove
- West Bay
- Wild Cove, White Bay
- William's Harbour
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