Haystack, Newfoundland and Labrador

Haystack
Haystack
Country	Canada
Population (2011)
• Total	0
Time zone	UTC– 3:30 (Newfoundland Standard Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC– 2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Canadian Postal code	A2A
Area code	709

Haystack was a former fishing settlement located on the northern portion of Long Island, Placentia Bay of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was resettled during the resettlement program of the the 1950’s and 60’s.^[1] ^[2]

The community takes its name from a natural protuberance approximately 50 feet in height located (47.633829, -54.062453) on the extreme end of the peninsula sourrounding the natural harbour; called the haystack.^[3]

History

Haystack was recorded in the 1857 census of Newfoundland recording five (5) families with thirty-seven people in all. The families were of English origin. Grants were issued as early as 1847 for Robert Coffin, Thomas Rendell and Thomas Bugden. The population had reached forty-nine in 1869 and by that time it had both a Church of England church and school.^[1]

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b Smallwood 1900, p. 861.
^ Halfyard 2002.
^ Gillpatrick 1884, p. 66.

Sources

Books

Smallwood, Joseph R.; Pitt, Robert D.W.; Horan, Cathrine; Riggs, Bertram G., eds. (1984). Haystack. St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador: Newfoundland Book Publishers (1967) Ltd. ISBN 0-9693422-0-9. Retrieved 28 October 2015. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |work= ignored (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Gillpatrick, W.W.; Gibson, John, eds. (1884). The Coast and Banks of Newfoundland and the Coast of Labrador, from Grand Point to the Koksoak River, and the Adjacent Islands and Banks. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. Retrieved 28 October 2015. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Online

Halfyard, Clayton, Prof.; Saunders, Tanya, eds. (2002). Maritime History Archive. St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved 29 October 2015. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |work= ignored (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)