Elliston, Newfoundland and Labrador explained

Official Name:	Elliston
Other Name:	Bird Island Cove
Nickname:	Root Cellar Capital of the World
Settlement Type:	Town
Pushpin Map:	Newfoundland
Pushpin Label Position:	left
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of Elliston in Newfoundland
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Canada
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Newfoundland and Labrador
Established Title2:	Incorporated
Established Date2:	1965
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	Derek Martin^[1]
Leader Title1:	Deputy Mayor
Leader Name1:	Geraldine Baker
Leader Title2:	Councillors
Leader Name2:	Jabez Chaulk, Blair Templeman, Harriet Tilley
Area Footnotes:	^[2]
Area Total Km2:	10.05
Population As Of:	2021
Population Total:	315
Population Density Km2:	30.7
Timezone:	Newfoundland Time
Utc Offset:	-3:30
Timezone Dst:	Newfoundland Daylight
Utc Offset Dst:	-2:30
Area Code:	709
Blank Name:	Highways
Website:	https://www.townofelliston.ca/

Elliston is an incorporated fishing settlement situated on the Bonavista Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada. Incorporated in 1965, the town of Elliston was once called Bird Island Cove and it is composed of a number of communities, North Side, Noder Cover, Elliston Centre, Elliston Point, Porter's Point, Sandy Cove, The Neck and Maberly. Elliston is known as the Root Cellar Capital of the World and has claimed that title from the 135 root cellars that exist in the community.

Elliston was renamed from Bird Island Cove by Reverend Charles Lench to honour the first Methodist Missionary, Reverend William Ellis, to this community. The name Bird Island Cove was used since the early 17th century and it gets its name from two small islands, North and South Bird Island, that lie off the south entrance of this cove.

In 2013, parts of the movie The Grand Seduction were filmed at Elliston.^[3]

Events

• The Roots, Rants and Roars festival is filled with Elliston's music and food, with a competition called Cod Wars where chefs make the most creative and original dishes featuring cod.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Elliston had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 10.07km2, it had a population density of in 2021.^[4]

See also

• List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
• List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador

References

https://www.townofelliston.ca/1about/inquire.html

https://www.townofelliston.ca/2visit/loop.html#ptrain

External links

• • Town of Elliston
• James Ryan Heritage House
• Elliston - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol.1, p. 772-774.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Town of Elliston, NL . 2020-01-20 . 2020-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200203115451/http://www.townofelliston.ca/1ae/municipal.html . dead .
2. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Elliston, Town [Census subdivision], Newfoundland and Labrador ]. 8 February 2017. Statistics Canada . October 28, 2019.
3. Web site: Elliston's Puffin Train. www.townofelliston.ca. 2020-01-23.
4. 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.