Taylor's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Taylor's Bay an abandoned settlement was located east of Lamaline in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
. On a 1744 French
map the cove was noted as Baye de Tailleur. William and Martha Bonnell who had moved from Lamaline, is noted as the first settlers to the community.
In 1929 a tidal wave
struck this small fishing community destroying many small ships and local stores. Only five of the seventeen houses remained standing. The home of Leo Bonnell was swept across the road by the giant wave. He was later quoted "If that's where God wanted it that's where it will stay” The house remains on that site to this day. A relief committee was established by the Newfoundland
government soon after the disaster and provided lumber and other building supplies to reconstruct and build new houses.
The local post office was closed on September 13, 1966. The population
was 74 in 1956.
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...
. On a 1744 French
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map the cove was noted as Baye de Tailleur. William and Martha Bonnell who had moved from Lamaline, is noted as the first settlers to the community.
In 1929 a tidal wave
1929 Grand Banks earthquake
The 1929 Grand Banks earthquake, also called the Laurentian Slope earthquake and the South Shore Disaster, was a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that occurred on November 18, 1929 in the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Laurentian Slope Seismic Zone.The earthquake was centred on...
struck this small fishing community destroying many small ships and local stores. Only five of the seventeen houses remained standing. The home of Leo Bonnell was swept across the road by the giant wave. He was later quoted "If that's where God wanted it that's where it will stay” The house remains on that site to this day. A relief committee was established by the Newfoundland
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...
government soon after the disaster and provided lumber and other building supplies to reconstruct and build new houses.
The local post office was closed on September 13, 1966. The population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
was 74 in 1956.