Harbour Grace, Newfoundland

E28969

populated place town

Harbour Grace, Newfoundland is a historic coastal town on Conception Bay known as one of the oldest settlements in North America and an important early fishing and maritime center.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Harbour Grace	0
Harbour Grace municipality	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	populated place ⓘ town ⓘ
adjacentWaterBody	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
areaCode	709 ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
foundedAsEuropeanSettlement	16th century ⓘ
governingBody	Town of Harbour Grace Council ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature	strong Irish and English heritage ⓘ traditional outport culture ⓘ
hasEconomicHistory	center of salt cod export ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	historic town ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent	departure point for early transatlantic flights ⓘ visited by Amelia Earhart ⓘ
hasIndustry	fishing ⓘ service sector ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasLandmark	Harbour Grace Courthouse ⓘ Harbour Grace Museum ⓘ Harbour Grace airfield ⓘ Immaculate Conception Cathedral ⓘ SS Kyle shipwreck ⓘ St. Paul’s Anglican Church ⓘ
hasPopulationType	small town ⓘ
historicalRole	major early fishing and maritime centre in Newfoundland ⓘ
isCoastalTown	true ⓘ
knownFor	being one of the oldest settlements in North America ⓘ early transatlantic aviation history ⓘ historic fishing community ⓘ maritime history ⓘ
locatedIn	island of Newfoundland ⓘ surface form: Island of Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
locatedOn	Avalon Peninsula ⓘ Conception Bay ⓘ
nearestMajorCity	St. John’s ⓘ surface form: St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Conception Bay North region ⓘ Harbour Grace, Newfoundland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Harbour Grace municipality
postalCodePrefix	A0A ⓘ
region	eastern Newfoundland ⓘ
servedAs	important port for the Atlantic cod fishery ⓘ
settledBy	English fishermen ⓘ
timeZone	Newfoundland Time Zone ⓘ
transportation	served by Route 70 (Conception Bay Highway) ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime	true ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Harbour Grace, Newfoundland → partOf → Harbour Grace, Newfoundland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Harbour Grace

this entity surface form: Harbour Grace municipality

John Rogers → placeOfBirth → Harbour Grace, Newfoundland ⓘ

subject surface form: John Rogers (Canadian politician)