About: Roddickton

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Roddickton is a former community located on the eastern side of the Great Northern Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It amalgamated with the former Town of Bide Arm on January 1, 2009 to create the Town of Roddickton-Bide Arm.

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  • Roddickton est une ancienne communauté canadienne située sur l'île de Terre-Neuve dans la province de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador. Elle a été réunie à Bide Arm pour former la ville de Roddickton-Bide Arm (fr)
  • Roddickton is a former community located on the eastern side of the Great Northern Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It amalgamated with the former Town of Bide Arm on January 1, 2009 to create the Town of Roddickton-Bide Arm. Roddickton was originally named Eastern Brook and was used by residents of Englee, a small fishing community for salmon fishing, hunting and trapping. In 1906, the Grenfell Mission began a sawmill operation here and the name was changed to Roddickton in honour of Thomas George Roddick, a supporter of the mission. The first permanent settlers of the community were residents from Englee and Wild Cove who went there to work in the sawmill operation and to clear land for growing crops for the St. Anthony hospital. The first census was taken in 1911, and showed a population of 46, but the sawmill closed and by 1921 there were only 8 residents left and the community was abandoned the next year. Four years later, the sawmill was reopened and in the 1930s Bowater began pulpwood cutting in the area. By 1945, the population rose to 548. Roddickton was incorporated as a town in 1953. In the 1960s, isolation ended with a road being built to the town and made it the region's service and supply centre. People from other small settlements in the area were resettled to Roddickton and in 1961 the population was 1185. In the 1970s, things began to decline. The pulpwood operations owned by Bowater closed, causing many to leave the area. In the 1980s, a crab plant was opened up to provide employment for the community, but in the late 1980s a fire destroyed it and the sawmill. By 1992, the sawmill was running again, the crab plant had been rebuilt, but was not operating. (en)
  • Roddickton is een dorp in de Canadese provincie Newfoundland en Labrador. Het dorp ligt aan de Atlantische noordoostkust van Newfoundland en maakt deel uit van de gemeente Roddickton-Bide Arm. (nl)
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  • Eastern Brook
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  • Roddickton est une ancienne communauté canadienne située sur l'île de Terre-Neuve dans la province de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador. Elle a été réunie à Bide Arm pour former la ville de Roddickton-Bide Arm (fr)
  • Roddickton is een dorp in de Canadese provincie Newfoundland en Labrador. Het dorp ligt aan de Atlantische noordoostkust van Newfoundland en maakt deel uit van de gemeente Roddickton-Bide Arm. (nl)
  • Roddickton is a former community located on the eastern side of the Great Northern Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It amalgamated with the former Town of Bide Arm on January 1, 2009 to create the Town of Roddickton-Bide Arm. (en)
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