Chapel Arm, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Chapel Arm is a settlement in Newfoundland
, Canada
, located at the southeast corner of Trinity Bay
, approximately 100 km (62.1 mi) west of St. John's and two km (one and a half miles) from the Trans-Canada Highway
. It has a population of about 750 people, including Mark, Kent, Tyler, Ryan, Brandan, and the rest of Chapel Crowd.
With the exception of a few families, the religious denominations are Anglican and Roman Catholic. It has two churches, two parish halls, an LOL
hall and a modern elementary school serving the communities of Chapel Arm, Whitbourne
, Bellevue and Long Harbour. It has a doctor's office, municipal building, post office and one grocery store.
The majority of people in Chapel Arm own their own homes. There is a well constructed breakwater
with landing and docking facilities and a community building used for storage. There are banking facilities and a clinic located at Whitbourne about 13 km (eight miles) away.
With the opening of the Erco Phosphorus plant at Long Harbour in 1968, Chapel Arm enjoyed a moderate degree of prosperity. For about twenty years the plant gave much needed work to many until it closed in 1989. Some still work at the plant dismantling and cleaning up the site. Others work at the Come-by-Chance Oil Refinery about 50 km (31.1 mi) away.
, it was named for Lieutenant Edward Chappell, who sailed up Trinity Bay in 1818 (Encyclopedia of J.R. Smallwood). Historical records would suggest this claim to be incorrect. Early records of Trinity and the records of Benjamin Lester, a Poole merchant working there, mentions: "on November 10, 1767 sent sloop to Chapple for a load of birch and ships timbers that was left there".
The name of Chapel Arm goes back to 1765-1772, when Captain James Cook and Michael Lane surveyed the coastal waters of Trinity Bay. Chapel Arm was more likely named for the spire-shaped headlands which can be seen as you enter this beautiful arm, since these headlands resemble a church or chapel roof.
The latter is the theory accepted by the majority of the population today.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
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Canada
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, located at the southeast corner of Trinity Bay
Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
Trinity Bay is a large bay on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.Major fishing communities include Trinity and Heart's Content.-Industry:...
, approximately 100 km (62.1 mi) west of St. John's and two km (one and a half miles) from the Trans-Canada Highway
Trans-Canada Highway
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. It has a population of about 750 people, including Mark, Kent, Tyler, Ryan, Brandan, and the rest of Chapel Crowd.
With the exception of a few families, the religious denominations are Anglican and Roman Catholic. It has two churches, two parish halls, an LOL
Orange Order in Canada
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hall and a modern elementary school serving the communities of Chapel Arm, Whitbourne
Whitbourne, Newfoundland and Labrador
Whitbourne is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada in Division No. 1.Whitbourne, Newfoundland’s first inland town, is named after Sir Richard Whitbourne, one of the most colourful early settlers of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador who wrote a book about...
, Bellevue and Long Harbour. It has a doctor's office, municipal building, post office and one grocery store.
The majority of people in Chapel Arm own their own homes. There is a well constructed breakwater
Breakwater (structure)
Breakwaters are structures constructed on coasts as part of coastal defence or to protect an anchorage from the effects of weather and longshore drift.-Purposes of breakwaters:...
with landing and docking facilities and a community building used for storage. There are banking facilities and a clinic located at Whitbourne about 13 km (eight miles) away.
With the opening of the Erco Phosphorus plant at Long Harbour in 1968, Chapel Arm enjoyed a moderate degree of prosperity. For about twenty years the plant gave much needed work to many until it closed in 1989. Some still work at the plant dismantling and cleaning up the site. Others work at the Come-by-Chance Oil Refinery about 50 km (31.1 mi) away.
Name origin
No one is sure how Chapel Arm got its name. According to M. F. HowleyMichael Francis Howley
Michael Francis Howley was a Roman Catholic priest and Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland from 1904 to 1914.-External links:*...
, it was named for Lieutenant Edward Chappell, who sailed up Trinity Bay in 1818 (Encyclopedia of J.R. Smallwood). Historical records would suggest this claim to be incorrect. Early records of Trinity and the records of Benjamin Lester, a Poole merchant working there, mentions: "on November 10, 1767 sent sloop to Chapple for a load of birch and ships timbers that was left there".
The name of Chapel Arm goes back to 1765-1772, when Captain James Cook and Michael Lane surveyed the coastal waters of Trinity Bay. Chapel Arm was more likely named for the spire-shaped headlands which can be seen as you enter this beautiful arm, since these headlands resemble a church or chapel roof.
The latter is the theory accepted by the majority of the population today.