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    Ferryland is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador on the Avalon Peninsula. According to the 2021 Statistics Canada census, its population is 371. Ferryland...
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    Ferryland is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 8,571 eligible voters...
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  • 17th-century fishing plantation maintained by Sir David Kirke and his heirs at Ferryland. The plantation was destroyed by French invaders in 1696. Other fishing...
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    Newfoundland in the span of three months. The campaign began with raiding Ferryland on November 10, 1696, and continued along the coast until they raided...
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    The Ferryland Head Formation is a formation cropping out in Newfoundland. "Newfoundland & Labrador Geoscience Atlas". v t e...
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    Ferryland Head Light is an active lighthouse on Avalon Peninsula, southeast of the village of Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is situated at...
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    The Province of Avalon was the area around the English settlement of Ferryland in what is now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada in the 17th century, which...
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    consolation, Kirke was knighted in 1633. Kirke is believed to have visited Ferryland, as he published a report on the island of Newfoundland in 1635. He was...
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  • Edward Wynne was Proprietary Governor of the Ferryland colony from 1621 to 1626. Born in Wales, he was appointed by Sir George Calvert, (later, first...
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  • arrived at the Province of Avalon, in what is now the area surrounding Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador in 1638, with her husband, Sir David Kirke...
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  • Newfoundland. "Ferryland Sealer" is about the seasonal seal hunting expeditions from the southern Newfoundland community of Ferryland. "Trois navires...
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    now called the Avalon Peninsula and included the fishing station at "Ferryland". Calvert almost certainly had a fishery project in mind at this stage...
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    took possession of Baltimore's "Mansion House" and the other property at Ferryland. Pope, Peter Edward (2004). Fish into Wine: the Newfoundland Plantation...
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  • in St John's, Falkingham ordered the construction of other prisons in Ferryland, Bonavista and Carbonear. Falkingham retired from sea service in 1742...
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  • recommended by Father Stout to govern the Catholic colony. Aston arrived in Ferryland, Avalon's capital, around 1626 but returned to England the next year to...
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  • In 1885, Shea ran for the Ferryland seat in the Newfoundland assembly as a Liberal; his father had also represented Ferryland in the assembly. He was elected...
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    based in Stephenville and other communities. Bonavista, Placentia and Ferryland are all historic locations for various early European settlement or discovery...
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    shortly after its passage. Lord Baltimore's family also had title to Ferryland and the Province of Avalon in Newfoundland. George Calvert, 1st Baron...
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    Vaughan, whose previous colony of Cambriol failed. The initial colony of Ferryland grew to a population of 100, becoming the first successful permanent settlement...
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  • Noble Fleet of Sealers" 4531. "A Fenian Song' 4532. no record 4533. "Ferryland Sealer" 4534. "The Lake of the Caogama" 4535. "The Honest Working Man"...
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    King James I, the English established additional colonies in Cupids and Ferryland, Newfoundland, and soon after established the first successful permanent...
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  • It initially consisted of the Districts of Placentia-St. Mary's and Ferryland and a part of St. John's. In 1952, it was redefined to include also the...
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    extended to Trepassey in the south and across to Placentia in the west (from Ferryland). The trail also passes several National historic sites, including Signal...
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  • Assembly in the 1976 by-election. He represented the electoral district of Ferryland as a member of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. O'Brien...
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    Cape Breton and the Newfoundland banks. Roberts raided the harbour of Ferryland, capturing a dozen vessels. On 21 June, he attacked the larger harbour...
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  • Newfoundland. He represented Ferryland in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1865 to 1869. He was born in Ferryland. Kearney operated ship...
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    white Crossland coat of arms are featured in the seal of the town of Ferryland, Newfoundland, the present-day site of Calvert's Colony of Avalon. Some...
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    Dominion of Canada, there is a settlement named Calvert, and in nearby Ferryland there is a "Baltimore School". There are also several other towns and...
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    December 1894 8 February 1895 Appointment (17th Leg.) Liberal MHA for Ferryland 6 (3 of 3) Sir William Whiteway (1828–1908) 8 February 1895   c. 1897...
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  • Colliers Riverhead 1Z0: Conception Harbour 2B0: Cupids 2G0: Fermeuse 2H0: Ferryland 2L0: Grates Cove 2M0: Harbour Grace 2N0: Harbour Grace South 2P0: Harbour...
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