Ferryland

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Ferryland is a historic coastal town and former early 17th-century English colony site on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula in Canada.

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Ferryland canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former colony
historic site
town
administrativeDivision Division No. 1, Newfoundland and Labrador
areaCode 709
climate humid continental
maritime-influenced
coastalSettlementType outport
colonialPower Kingdom of England
continent North America
country Canada
demography small population
economy fishing
tourism
formerName Avalon colony
linked to: Colony of Avalon

Colony of Avalon
foundedBy George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
foundingDate 1621
governingBody Town of Ferryland Council
hasArchaeologicalSite Colony of Avalon
hasAttraction Ferryland Lighthouse
hasCoastlineFeature Ferryland Head
hasFeature natural harbour
hasIndustryHistorical cod fishery
heritageDesignation National Historic Site of Canada
heritageDesignationDate 1953
historicalEra Colonial North America
linked to: British America

New France and British North America period
linked to: colonial Canada
knownFor Colony of Avalon archaeological site
archaeological excavations
early 17th-century English colony site
language English
lighthouseEstablished 1870
locatedIn Avalon Peninsula
Newfoundland and Labrador
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland
nearestMajorCity St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
linked to: St. John’s
originalFunction commercial outpost
fishing colony
partOf Eastern Newfoundland
postalCodePrefix A0A
province Newfoundland and Labrador
religionHistorical Anglicanism
Roman Catholicism
timeZone Newfoundland Time Zone
tourismRoute Irish Loop Drive
transportation accessible by Route 10 (Irish Loop Drive)

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Avalon Peninsula contains Ferryland
Southern Shore hasSettlement Ferryland