Hants Harbour
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 Hant's Harbour
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| Coordinates: 48°00′55″N 53°15′45″W / 48.01528°N 53.26250°WCoordinates: 48°00′55″N 53°15′45″W / 48.01528°N 53.26250°W | ||
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 Canada
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 Newfoundland and Labrador
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| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 346 | |
| Time zone | Newfoundland Time (UTC-3:30) | |
| • Summer (DST) | Newfoundland Daylight (UTC-2:30) | |
| Postal Code | A0B 1Y0 | |
| Area code(s) | 709 | |
| Telephone Exchanges | 586, 591 | |
| Location | Hant's Harbour Bay de Verde Peninsula Newfoundland Canada |
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| Coordinates | 48°01′18.6″N 53°15′16.3″W / 48.021833°N 53.254528°W |
| Year first constructed | 1881 (first) |
| Year first lit | 1957 (current) |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | wooden tower (first and current) |
| Tower shape | octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern square drustum tower with balcony and lantern (current) |
| Markings / pattern | white tower, red lantern |
| Height | 9 metres (30 ft) |
| Focal height | 20 metres (66 ft) |
| Original lens | eighth-order Fresnel lens |
| Light source | solar power |
| Range | 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) |
| Characteristic | Iso W 6s. |
| Admiralty number | H0504 |
| CHS number | CCG 470 |
| NGA number | 1728 |
| ARLHS number | CAN-688 |
| Managing agent | Canadian Coast Guard |
The community of Hant's Harbour (48°00′55″N 53°15′45″W / 48.01528°N 53.26250°W NST) is an incorporated town having a population of 346 (2011 Census) located on the east side of Trinity Bay on the Bay de Verde Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada.
Hant's Harbour is a small fishing village built around a small harbour which opens on the north to Trinity Bay. The harbour waters are able to accommodate vessels up to 100 tons, the landscapes which surround it are low hills which are rocky and barren.
During King William's War, the village was destroyed in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign. Like most of the early settlements around the coast of Newfoundland, the population grew very slowly during the eighteenth century.
Hant's Harbour early residents were mostly of the Church of England, during the eighteenth century they depended upon the services of clergy on the irregular visits of the missionaries for the Society of the Propagation of the Gospel, stationed at Trinity.
One of the largest reported massacres of the Beothuk people took place near Hant's Harbor, where a group armed for hunting, managed to trap a large group of Beothuks, driving them out on a peninsula, where they murdered every man, woman and child. While there is no exact count of the number killed, it is estimated to be around 400.
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