Bay L'Argent explained

Official Name:	Bay L'Argent
Settlement Type:	Town
Pushpin Map:	Newfoundland
Pushpin Label Position:	left
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	Alvin Banfield
Area Land Km2:	3.74
Population As Of:	2021
Population Total:	234
Population Density Km2:	29.5
Utc Offset:	-3:30
Utc Offset Dst:	-2:30
Coordinates:	47.5458°N -54.8828°W

Bay L'Argent is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

The ferry MV Terra Nova has a port in Bay L'Argent servicing the isolated outport of Rencontre East with another port in Pool's Cove, on the Connaigre Peninsula.^{[1] [2]}

History

In 2009, the Bay L'Argent town council made Newfoundland and Labrador history by electing the first ever all-female council.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bay L'Argent had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 3.74km2, it had a population density of in 2021.^[3]

See also

• Burin Peninsula
• List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador

Notes and References

1. News: Touring Newfoundland's Connaigre Peninsula . November 17, 2016 . Saltwire Network . . October 21, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190707011610/https://www.capebretonpost.com/opinion/columnists/touring-newfoundlands-connaigre-peninsula-21191/ . 7 July 2019 . dead.
2. Web site: N.L. ferries made 4,100 trips with no passengers last year . CBC . 2020-05-15 . 2020-12-17.
3. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador . . February 9, 2022 . March 15, 2022.