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Town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
King's Cove
Town
Motto: Athens of the North
Coordinates: 48°34′00″N 53°20′10″W / 48.56667°N 53.33611°W / 48.56667; -53.33611
Country Canada
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
Government
Population
 • Total75
Time zoneUTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code709
Highways Route 235
King's Cove Head Lighthouse Edit this at Wikidata
King's Cove Head Lighthouse in 2010
Constructed1893 Edit this on Wikidata
Foundationconcrete base
Constructioncast iron tower
Height8 m (26 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markingswhite tower and lantern
Power sourcesolar power Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorCanadian Coast Guard
Heritagerecognized federal heritage building of Canada Edit this on Wikidata
Focal height54 m (177 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Range5 nmi (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFl W 4s Edit this on Wikidata

King's Cove is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The post office was established in 1851. Its founder was James Aylward from Keels, who was born in Ireland in county Cork in 1690. His direct descendants still live in the community.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, King's Cove had a population of 75 living in 45 of its 85 total private dwellings, a change of -16.7% from its 2016 population of 90. With a land area of 21.44 km (8.28 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.5/km (9.1/sq mi) in 2021.

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southeastern Newfoundland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  3. 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. 2016.

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