Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove | |
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Town | |
 Outer Cove in 1954 | |
 Seal | |
  Logy Bay– Middle Cove– Outer Cove Location in Newfoundland | |
| Coordinates:47°38′N52°41′W / 47.63°N 52.68°W /47.63; -52.68 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Settled | 1818 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Denis Hickey |
| • MHA | Joedy Wall (PC) |
| • MP | Joanne Thompson (LIB) |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.98 km2 (6.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,364 |
| • Density | 130.9/km2 (339/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  Route 30 |
| Website | lbmcoc |
Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove is atown in theCanadian province ofNewfoundland and Labrador. It is located within a 10 minutes' drive from downtownSt. John's preceding theTown of Torbay on the eastern tip of theAvalon Peninsula.
The area encompassing Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove is within the boundaries of lands granted to theLondon and Bristol Company in 1610. In 1627, the company experienced financial difficulties and evidently made lands available to private groups. The nameLogy Bay itself first appears onSouthwood's map of 1675, however, permanent settlement did not begin until the early 19th century. The earliest record of settlement in Logy Bay is from 1818 when Luke Ryan, a fisherman, sought permission to build afishing room. The earliest records of settlement in Outer Cove and Middle Cove appear around 1827, but occupation here most likely predated this year.
The early settlers of Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove were immigrants predominantly from the Irish counties ofKilkenny,Waterford,Wexford, andCork. In particular, the town ofInistioge in County Kilkenny was the origin of most of the pioneers of Logy Bay. These early settlers were attracted to the area by the easy access to the excellent fishing grounds that lay just offshore and by the good farmland that dotted the region.
Between 1827 and 1830 there were 9 petitions for land in Logy Bay, 3 in Middle Cove and 30 in Outer Cove. By the 1850s, theIrish had established themselves and proceeded to shape the landscape.Irish heritage is still strong today and can be seen in such things as religion, folkways, music, anddialect.
Logy Bay-Middle Cover-Outer Cove has ahumid continental climate (Dfb) with long, cold, and snowy winters, though not very cold by Canadian standards, and short, mild, and rainy summers with cool nights.
| Climate data for Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.0 (60.8) | 16.0 (60.8) | 15.0 (59.0) | 24.0 (75.2) | 26.7 (80.1) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.0 (86.0) | 31.0 (87.8) | 30.0 (86.0) | 24.0 (75.2) | 25.0 (77.0) | 15.0 (59.0) | 31.0 (87.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) | 0.0 (32.0) | 2.1 (35.8) | 6.0 (42.8) | 11.0 (51.8) | 15.7 (60.3) | 20.4 (68.7) | 20.7 (69.3) | 16.9 (62.4) | 11.4 (52.5) | 7.0 (44.6) | 2.6 (36.7) | 9.5 (49.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.6 (25.5) | −4.0 (24.8) | −1.5 (29.3) | 2.4 (36.3) | 6.6 (43.9) | 10.8 (51.4) | 15.6 (60.1) | 16.3 (61.3) | 12.8 (55.0) | 7.9 (46.2) | 3.7 (38.7) | −0.9 (30.4) | 5.5 (41.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −7.4 (18.7) | −8.0 (17.6) | −5.1 (22.8) | −1.3 (29.7) | 2.2 (36.0) | 6.0 (42.8) | 10.7 (51.3) | 11.9 (53.4) | 8.6 (47.5) | 4.3 (39.7) | 0.3 (32.5) | −4.3 (24.3) | 1.5 (34.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −24.4 (−11.9) | −25.0 (−13.0) | −23.3 (−9.9) | −14.0 (6.8) | −7.0 (19.4) | −3.3 (26.1) | −1.1 (30.0) | 3.5 (38.3) | −1.1 (30.0) | −8.0 (17.6) | −13.0 (8.6) | −25.0 (−13.0) | −25.0 (−13.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 122.5 (4.82) | 113.6 (4.47) | 102.9 (4.05) | 99.8 (3.93) | 83.2 (3.28) | 94.7 (3.73) | 86.8 (3.42) | 94.4 (3.72) | 121.1 (4.77) | 134.6 (5.30) | 126.0 (4.96) | 128.7 (5.07) | 1,308.1 (51.50) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 72.9 (2.87) | 68.6 (2.70) | 77.6 (3.06) | 89.9 (3.54) | 81.4 (3.20) | 94.7 (3.73) | 86.8 (3.42) | 94.4 (3.72) | 121.1 (4.77) | 134.1 (5.28) | 116.7 (4.59) | 96.5 (3.80) | 1,134.6 (44.67) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 49.6 (19.5) | 45.0 (17.7) | 25.3 (10.0) | 9.9 (3.9) | 1.8 (0.7) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.4 (0.2) | 9.3 (3.7) | 32.2 (12.7) | 173.6 (68.3) |
| Source:Environment Canada[1] | |||||||||||||
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove had a population of2,364 living in887 of its940 total private dwellings, a change of6.4% from its 2016 population of2,221. With a land area of 16.99 km2 (6.56 sq mi), it had a population density of139.1/km2 (360.4/sq mi) in 2021.[2]
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