List of ghost towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
The following is a list of known abandoned communities in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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Located on Brunette Island in Fortune bay. Presently a wild life sanctuary. Arctic hare were introduced. It was also where buffalo were placed as an experiment. Unfortunately all the buffalo eventually died. Resettled around 1957. Peak population was about 300. It had a lighthouse but it has been replaced with a minor aid to navigation.
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See also
References
- Smallwood, Joseph R. Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Volume 1, Newfoundland Book Publishers Ltd., 1967, p. 335-336
- Hiller, J.K. "The Moravian Church". Retrieved July 27, 2012.
- ""No Great Future" Government Sponsored Resettlement in Newfoundland and Labrador since Confederation". Maritime History Archive. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
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