Flower's Cove Explained
| Official Name: | Flower's Cove |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Newfoundland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 272 |
| Utc Offset: | -3:30 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -2:30 |
| Coordinates: | 51.2833°N -56.7333°W |
| Module: | | Qid: | Q106289312 | | Embed: | yes | | Yearbuilt: | 1899 (first) | | Yearlit: | 1969 (current) | | Yeardeactivated: | 1969 (first) | | Foundation: | concrete base (current) | | Construction: | woody tower (first)
metal skeletal tower (current) | | Shape: | quadrangular atop the keeper’s house with balcony and lantern (first)
square pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and light (current) | | Marking: | white tower (first)
grey metal skeletal tower (current) | | Height: | 15.5m (50.9feet) (first)
4m (13feet) (current) | | Focalheight: | 5m (16feet) (current) | | Managingagent: | Town of Flower's Cove[1] [2] |
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Flower's Cove is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 272 in the Canada 2021 Census. It is known for its thrombolite fossils.
Geography
- ClimateFlower's Cove has a subarctic climate (Koppen: Dfc) per usual of the Great Northern Peninsula. Summers are short, cool and rainy, while winters are long, very cold, and snowy, with annual snowfall averaging 109 inches (277 cm). Summer typically begins by late June and can last until the end of September. Autumn is short but cool, with highs in the mid-40s (°F) and lows in the mid-30s (°F). Winter usually begins during November, sometimes late October, and can last into May. Springs are cool and relatively dry, and typically start during May and end during June, where summer begins.[3]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Flower's Cove had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 6.77km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
Sights
Flower's Cove is famous for thrombolites, very rare fossils which can be seen on the coast in the southern part of the town, remnants of bacteria and algae. They are about 650 million years old. The only places where thrombolites were found are Flower's Cove and Western Australia.[5]
There are three churches in Flower's Cove, the most famous and largest of which is St. Barnabas Anglican Church. It is known as Skin Boot Church, as leather shoes were sold for the church fund when the church was built in the 1920s. Flower's Cove United Church is the smallest. It has a flèche instead of a spire.
Marjorie Bridge is a red-roofed bridge dating from the beginning of the 20th century.[6] It is close to the Roman Catholic Church Lady of Snow, which is more than 100 years old. The church was renovated in 2007. It is a part of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Bird Cove, which belongs to the diocese of St. George.
See also
References
51.2993°N -56.7284°W
External links
Notes and References
- 2017-02-15.
- http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=1278 Flower's Cove
- Web site: Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010 Station Data - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada. Canada. Environment and Climate Change. 2013-09-25. climate.weather.gc.ca. en. 2020-05-28.
- 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.
- Andrew Hampstead: Atlantic Canada, p. 380. Berkeley CA 2012.
- Andrew Hampstead: Atlantic Canada, p. 379. Berkeley CA 2012.
