العربية
中国
Français
Deutsch
Ελληνική
हिन्दी
Italiano
日本語
Português
Русский
EspañolWAREHAM, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
'Wareham', Newfoundland is located in Bonavista Bay on the southwest arm of Indian Bay.
Wareham was not permanently settled unitl 1918 but was visited earlier by fishermen from islands off Bonavista Bay to do woods work in the winter season and for boat building. The community was named after the home of the first people who lived there, the Firmages. They were from Wareham, Dorset and they came to Wareham, Newfoundland from Fair Island to continue woods work and they opened a sawmill.
The International Power and Paper Company began cutting pulpwood nearby in 1920, therefore other families soon moved to Wareham, mostly from Fair Island. Some of these families were the Cutlers, Hunts, Rogers, and Wicks.
The first post office was built in 1931 when the name Wareham was chosen for the settlement. By 1935 there was a popilation of 94, and ten years later there was a population of 149. When Bowater came to nearby Indian Bay in 1950s, and with other areas resettling, the population in Wareham grew to over 300.
The rapid population growth ended in 1961 with a major forest fire which affected many communities in Bonavista Bay and other areas of the northeast coast of Newfoundland.[1]
1. ''Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador''
★ List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
★ http://www.k12.nf.ca/janecollins/towns/wareham/wareham.htm
Wareham was not permanently settled unitl 1918 but was visited earlier by fishermen from islands off Bonavista Bay to do woods work in the winter season and for boat building. The community was named after the home of the first people who lived there, the Firmages. They were from Wareham, Dorset and they came to Wareham, Newfoundland from Fair Island to continue woods work and they opened a sawmill.
The International Power and Paper Company began cutting pulpwood nearby in 1920, therefore other families soon moved to Wareham, mostly from Fair Island. Some of these families were the Cutlers, Hunts, Rogers, and Wicks.
The first post office was built in 1931 when the name Wareham was chosen for the settlement. By 1935 there was a popilation of 94, and ten years later there was a population of 149. When Bowater came to nearby Indian Bay in 1950s, and with other areas resettling, the population in Wareham grew to over 300.
The rapid population growth ended in 1961 with a major forest fire which affected many communities in Bonavista Bay and other areas of the northeast coast of Newfoundland.[1]
| Contents |
| References |
| See also |
| External Links |
References
1. ''Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador''
See also
★ List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
External Links
★ http://www.k12.nf.ca/janecollins/towns/wareham/wareham.htm
This article provided by Wikipedia. To edit the contents of this article, click here for original source.
psst.. try this: add to faves
