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Local Service District:
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Chairperson: Ruth Caines
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Telephone: 709-847-5561
Population: 159
History
Bartlett's Harbour is located on a rocky shallow inlet on the north side of
St. John's Bay. It was named after Robert Bartlett who settled Bartlett's
Harbour in the 1800's to hunt and fish. Bartlett's Harbour was a prosperous
community that had a fishing-furring business there for many years. There was
also a lobster cannery there that was very large and employed thirty-nine
people. It was port to many coastal boats and lumber schooners at this time.
In 1891, the population was recorded as being eight people, and all were
Roman Catholic. In 1943, the first school was built but it was hard to keep
teachers in the area and so it soon closed. Since then Bartlett's Harbour has
grown to a large community with a proud history.
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