Pacquet ("hideaway" in French)[2] is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 145 in 2021, down from 184 in the Canada 2011 Census.
Pacquet | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 145 |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  Route 417 |
Located in White Bay, on the Baie Verte Peninsula in northeastern Newfoundland, it was surveyed in 1801 by Capt. Edgell, Edgell Island being his namesake.[3]
It is not known for certain when Pacquet was first settled. A fishing and logging community, it is on what was once part of the French Shore. Pacquet (then spelled "Paquet") was a base for French seasonal fishermen from about the time of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, and Frenchmen continued to visit its sheltered harbour until late in the nineteenth century.[citation needed] The first recorded residents were an elderly man and a young girl, who were there by 1857.[citation needed] Twelve years later, two Roman Catholic families were in residence, but the population did not grow substantially until the 1880s, when the French officially left the area. In 2019, Pacquet's First United Church was destroyed by fire.[4][5][6]
Demographics edit
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pacquet had a population of 145 living in 76 of its 97 total private dwellings, a change of -11.6% from its 2016 population of 164. With a land area of 14.44 km2 (5.58 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.0/km2 (26.0/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
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References edit
- ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "Municipalities - Pacquet - Local history". ezc.ca. Archived from the original on May 31, 2002.
- ^ "Capt. Edgell, R.N." canfoh.org. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008.
- ^ "'Heartbreaking' to watch Pacquet church flattened in fire, says retired reverend". CBC. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ Mercer, Nick. "Pacquet loses historic United Church in morning fire | SaltWire". www.saltwire.com. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ Mercer, Nick. "Pacquet woman remembers First United Church | SaltWire". www.saltwire.com. Retrieved 13 June 2023.