Red Harbour | |
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Town | |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Settled | 1800s |
| Incorporated | 1969 |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 177 |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  Route 210 |
| Website | Town of Red Harbour Official Website |
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Red Harbour is a Canadian municipality ofNewfoundland and Labrador. It is located 20 kilometres northeast ofMarystown.
Red Harbour was inhabited from the early 19th century until the early 1960s when the half dozen families living there abandoned the community under the resettlement program.
The present town was created when residents fromPort Elizabeth (in theFlat Islands) convinced the provincial government to relocate them to Red Harbour during the resettlement program in the late 1960s. Red Harbour is primarily a fishing community. Species fished arelobster, snowcrab, lumproe, andcod. The town has modern harbour facilities constructed in 1997.
The town council consists of:
Janelle Slaney is the current Town Clerk. Kevin Paddle served as Town Clerk/Manager from 2003 to 2019.
The position was previously held by Trudy Bennett (1997–2003) and prior to Ms. Bennett by Walter Kenway who served as Town Clerk for many years. Mr. Kenway was also Mayor of Red Harbour for several years and was one of the community leaders responsible for creating the community in 1969.
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Red Harbour had a population of177 living in76 of its82 total private dwellings, a change of-6.3% from its 2016 population of189. With a land area of 11.19 km2 (4.32 sq mi), it had a population density of15.8/km2 (41.0/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
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