Subdivision 1M | |
Official Name: | Division No. 1, Subdivision M |
Pushpin Map: | Newfoundland |
Leader Name1: | Pam Parsons (LIB, Harbour Grace-Port de Grave) |
Leader Name2: | Ken McDonald (LIB, Avalon) |
Area Land Km2: | 139.95 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 1073 |
Population Density Km2: | 7.7 |
Utc Offset: | -3:30 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -2:30 |
Division No. 1, Subdivision M is an unorganized subdivision on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada[1] in Division 1. It contains the unincorporated communities of Emerald Vale, Goulds Road, Juniper Stump, Mahers and Turks Water. At several times in the past, census enumerating officers have considered Emerald Vale, Turks Water and Juniper Stump - along with other names such as Riverside Mills - to be part of the loosely defined Makinsons/Hodgewater settlement.
47.4833°N -53.3158°WGoulds Road was a village located south of Bay Roberts. It had a population of 139 in 1956.
47.402°N -53.364°WMahers is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador that has undergone a recent resurgence after nearly being abandoned after the railway was closed down on the Island. Both Mahers and the nearby Ocean Pond settlement have sizable numbers of summer homes, as do several other locations in the area.