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Flemish Cap. The Flemish Cap is an area of shallow waters in the north Atlantic Ocean centered roughly at 47° north, 45° west or about 563 km (350 miles) east of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador . The shallow water is caused by a wide underwater plateau covering an extended area of 42,000 km 2 (12,000 square miles).
However, the most important ferry connection between Newfoundland and mainland Canada is the Marine Atlantic service between Port-aux-Basques and North Sydney, Nova Scotia, a distance of approximately 165 km (89 nmi; 103 mi). The idea is not new; it was one of Joey Smallwood's ideas in 1949. [1]
Channel-Port aux Basques is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of Newfoundland fronting on the western end of the Cabot Strait.A Marine Atlantic ferry terminal is located in the town which is the primary entry point onto the island of Newfoundland and the western terminus of the Newfoundland and Labrador Route 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) in the province.
Demographics. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bay Bulls had a population of 1,566 living in 597 of its 631 total private dwellings, a change of 4.4% from its 2016 population of 1,500. With a land area of 30.6 km 2 (11.8 sq mi), it had a population density of 51.2/km 2 (132.5/sq mi) in 2021.
St. John's International Airport ( IATA: YYT, ICAO: CYYT) is in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northwest [ 2] of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and serves the St. John's metropolitan area and the Avalon Peninsula.
Newfoundland and Labrador is the most easterly province in Canada, situated in the northeastern region of North America. [ 14] The Strait of Belle Isle separates the province into two geographical parts: Labrador, connected to mainland Canada, and Newfoundland, an island in the Atlantic Ocean. [ 15]
East Coast Trail. The East Coast Trail (ECT) is a long-distance coastal footpath located in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is a developed trail over 336 kilometres (209 mi) long, [1] creation of which began in 1994. It is made up of 25 linked wilderness paths and passes through more than 30 communities. [2]
52nd parallel north. In Canada, the 52nd parallel north defines part of the border between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador (line A), though Quebec maintains a dormant claim to some of the territory to the north of the parallel (line B). The 52nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 52 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.