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Hawke's Bay | |
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  Hawke's Bay Location of Hawke's Bay inNewfoundland | |
| Coordinates:50°36′50″N57°10′00″W / 50.61389°N 57.16667°W /50.61389; -57.16667 | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Settled | early 20th century |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 297 |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  Route 430 |
Hawke's Bay is a town at the mouth ofTorrent River southeast ofPoint Riche in theCanadianprovince ofNewfoundland and Labrador.
The town was named afterEdward Hawke byJames Cook in 1766. This was to commemorate Hawke's victory in theBattle of Quiberon Bay in 1759. Although Hawke's Bay was used as an enclave during the early struggle forNorth America by both theEnglish andFrenchnavies, it was not until the early 20th century that Michael Walsh became the first permanentsettler. In 1903, awhaling station was established on the north side of the bay, but it closed the following year.Sydney Cotton ran the firstairmail service inNewfoundland to Hawke's Bay. In 1933,pulpwood harvesting was established in the area by the International Pulp and Paper Company.
The first Postmistress was Miss Dorothea Desse Hoddinott who died in August 2003.
| Climate data for Hawke's Bay | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.5 (58.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 14.5 (58.1) | 21.5 (70.7) | 25.5 (77.9) | 27.5 (81.5) | 30.5 (86.9) | 29.5 (85.1) | 28.5 (83.3) | 23.5 (74.3) | 20.5 (68.9) | 11.5 (52.7) | 30.5 (86.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.2 (22.6) | −5.2 (22.6) | −1.1 (30.0) | 4.6 (40.3) | 10.8 (51.4) | 16.2 (61.2) | 20.1 (68.2) | 20.1 (68.2) | 15.9 (60.6) | 9.7 (49.5) | 3.7 (38.7) | −1.5 (29.3) | 7.4 (45.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.6 (14.7) | −10.1 (13.8) | −5.4 (22.3) | 0.8 (33.4) | 6.2 (43.2) | 11.4 (52.5) | 15.5 (59.9) | 15.6 (60.1) | 11.5 (52.7) | 6.1 (43.0) | 0.6 (33.1) | −4.8 (23.4) | 3.2 (37.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.0 (6.8) | −14.9 (5.2) | −9.8 (14.4) | −3.0 (26.6) | 1.6 (34.9) | 6.5 (43.7) | 10.8 (51.4) | 11.1 (52.0) | 7.2 (45.0) | 2.5 (36.5) | −2.5 (27.5) | −7.9 (17.8) | −1.0 (30.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −35.5 (−31.9) | −37.0 (−34.6) | −32.0 (−25.6) | −21.5 (−6.7) | −8.0 (17.6) | −1.5 (29.3) | 1.5 (34.7) | 1.0 (33.8) | −4.0 (24.8) | −6.0 (21.2) | −20.5 (−4.9) | −30.0 (−22.0) | −37.0 (−34.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 107.1 (4.22) | 82.3 (3.24) | 59.6 (2.35) | 48.7 (1.92) | 61.8 (2.43) | 80.1 (3.15) | 102.8 (4.05) | 94.4 (3.72) | 102.0 (4.02) | 97.0 (3.82) | 82.4 (3.24) | 92.1 (3.63) | 1,010.2 (39.77) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 6.8 (0.27) | 6.8 (0.27) | 7.9 (0.31) | 20.9 (0.82) | 57.4 (2.26) | 79.5 (3.13) | 102.8 (4.05) | 94.4 (3.72) | 102.2 (4.02) | 94.3 (3.71) | 59.8 (2.35) | 17.1 (0.67) | 649.7 (25.58) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 100.3 (39.5) | 75.4 (29.7) | 51.7 (20.4) | 27.8 (10.9) | 4.4 (1.7) | 0.5 (0.2) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 2.7 (1.1) | 22.6 (8.9) | 75.0 (29.5) | 360.5 (141.9) |
| Source:Environment Canada[2] | |||||||||||||
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Hawke's Bay had a population of297 living in142 of its162 total private dwellings, a change of-5.7% from its 2016 population of315. With a land area of 46.41 km2 (17.92 sq mi), it had a population density of6.4/km2 (16.6/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
50°36′50″N57°10′00″W / 50.61389°N 57.16667°W /50.61389; -57.16667
