Burin Peninsula

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peninsula

The Burin Peninsula is a large, rugged landform on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada, known for its fishing communities and proximity to the French islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Burin Peninsula canonical 7
Burin Peninsula region 1

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf peninsula ⓘ
adjacentTo Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) ⓘ
surface form: Saint Pierre and Miquelon
administrativeDivision Burin Peninsula self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Burin Peninsula region
climate maritime climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
currentEconomicActivity seafood processing ⓘ
service industries ⓘ
shipbuilding and fabrication (Marystown) ⓘ
geologicalCharacteristic numerous coves and inlets ⓘ
rugged, glaciated terrain ⓘ
hasBodyOfWaterNearby Fortune Bay ⓘ
Placentia Bay ⓘ
St. Lawrence Bay ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature Newfoundland English ⓘ
surface form: Newfoundland English dialects

strong outport fishing culture ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution College of the North Atlantic – Burin campus ⓘ
College of the North Atlantic – Burin campus ⓘ
surface form: College of the North Atlantic – Marystown campus
hasEvent Burin Peninsula festivals and community days (various towns) ⓘ
hasFerryConnectionTo Saint Pierre and Miquelon (via Fortune) ⓘ
hasIndustry mining (historically in St. Lawrence fluorspar mines) ⓘ
hasSettlement Bay L'Argent ⓘ
Bay de L'Eau ⓘ
Boat Harbour ⓘ
Burin ⓘ
English Harbour East ⓘ
Fortune ⓘ
Frenchman's Cove ⓘ
Garnish ⓘ
Gaultois (regionally associated by ferry links) ⓘ
Burin-Grand Bank ⓘ
surface form: Grand Bank

Grand le Pierre ⓘ
Harbour Mille ⓘ
Jacques Fontaine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jean de Baie ⓘ
Lamaline ⓘ
Lawn ⓘ
Little Bay ⓘ
surface form: Little Bay East

Lord's Cove ⓘ
Marystown ⓘ
Parker's Cove ⓘ
Point May ⓘ
Point au Gaul ⓘ
Red Harbour ⓘ
Rock Harbour ⓘ
Rushoon ⓘ
Spanish Room ⓘ
St. Lawrence ⓘ
Terrenceville ⓘ
Winterland ⓘ
hasTransportation Route 210 ⓘ
Route 211 ⓘ
Route 220 ⓘ
historicalEconomicActivity inshore cod fishery ⓘ
offshore fishing ⓘ
historicalEvent St. Lawrence mining disasters (20th century, associated region) ⓘ
historicalLanguage French (in some communities) ⓘ
knownFor fishing communities ⓘ
proximity to Saint Pierre and Miquelon ⓘ
rugged coastline ⓘ
language English ⓘ
largestTown Marystown ⓘ
locatedIn Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
locatedOn island of Newfoundland ⓘ
south coast of Newfoundland ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ
nearbyGeographicFeature Fortune Bay coastline ⓘ
surface form: Fortune Bay – Cape La Hune Wilderness Reserve (regionally nearby)
nearbyIslands Langlade ⓘ
Miquelon-Langlade ⓘ
surface form: Miquelon

Saint Pierre Island ⓘ
surface form: Saint Pierre
partOf Avalon Peninsula region isthmus area (geologically connected) ⓘ
Census Division No. 2, Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
politicalRepresentation Federal electoral districts of Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
surface form: federal riding of Random—Burin—St. George's (historical)

provincial districts including Burin-Grand Bank and Placentia West-Bellevue ⓘ
province Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
separatedFromBy Saint Pierre and Miquelon Sound ⓘ
timeZone Newfoundland Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Placentia Bay → borderedBy → Burin Peninsula ⓘ
eastern Newfoundland → contains → Burin Peninsula ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Newfoundland
Marystown → locatedOn → Burin Peninsula ⓘ
Marystown → region → Burin Peninsula ⓘ
Burin → locatedIn → Burin Peninsula ⓘ
Burin → locatedInGeographicFeature → Burin Peninsula ⓘ
St. Lawrence, Newfoundland and Labrador → locatedIn → Burin Peninsula ⓘ
Burin Peninsula → administrativeDivision → Burin Peninsula self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Burin Peninsula region