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Reefs Harbour-Shoal Cove West-New Ferolle is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is southwest of Anchor Point.
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Location | Reefs Harbour-Shoal Cove West-New Ferolle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
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Coordinates | 51°01′21″N 57°05′44″W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1913 |
Construction | concrete (foundation), concrete (tower) |
Height | 19 m (62 ft) |
Shape | hexagonal prism tower with six ribs, balcony and lantern[1][2] |
Markings | white (tower), red (lantern) |
Power source | mains electricity |
Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
Heritage | recognized federal heritage building of Canada, heritage lighthouse |
Fog signal | 4s. blast every 56s. |
Light | |
Focal height | 27 m (89 ft) |
Lens | third order Fresnel lens |
Range | 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi) |
Characteristic | Q(4) W 7.5s |
Reefs Harbour-Shoal Cove West-New Ferolle is in Newfoundland within Subdivision C of Division No. 9.[3] The area consists of three unincorporated communities – Reefs Harbour, Shoal Cove and New Ferolle – on the New Ferolle Peninsula near Port au Choix.
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Reefs Harbour-Shoal Cove West-New Ferolle recorded a population of 100 living in 53 of its 67 total private dwellings, a change of -56.5% from its 2011 population of 230. With a land area of 11.94 km2 (4.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.4/km2 (21.7/sq mi) in 2016.[4]
Reefs Harbour-Shoal Cove West-New Ferolle is a local service district (LSD)[5] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.[6] The chair of the LSD committee is Gloria Tucker.[5]
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