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Marystown

Marystown
Town
Winter Sunset Over the Harbour featuring Canning Bridge
Winter Sunset Over the Harbour featuring Canning Bridge
Coat of arms of Marystown
Coat of arms
Motto: "Ubi Incrementum Est Via Vitae"  (Latin)
"Where Growth Is A Way Of Life"
Marystown is located in Newfoundland
Marystown
Marystown
Location of Marystown in Newfoundland
Coordinates: 47°10′N 55°10′W / 47.167°N 55.167°W / 47.167; -55.167
Country  Canada
Province  Newfoundland and Labrador
Census division 2
Government
 • Type Marystown Town Council
 • Mayor Sam Synard
Area
 • Total 61.97 km2 (23.93 sq mi)
Elevation 14 m (46 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 5,506
 • Density 87.7/km2 (227/sq mi)
Time zone Newfoundland Time (UTC-3:30)
 • Summer (DST) Newfoundland Daylight (UTC-2:30)
Postal code span A0E
Area code(s) 709
Highways Route 220
Website Town of Marystown Website

Marystown is a Canadian town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador with a population of 5,506 as of 2011. Situated 306 km from the province's capital, St. John's, it is on the Burin Peninsula. Until the early 1990s, its economy was largely based on shipbuilding, and it is due in part to this that the town experienced a population increase of 295% in just over a decade. The town was also dependent on the fish plant for employment.

Though the shipyard still holds a presence in the town, residents have had to look elsewhere for economic subsistence in the last decade or so. The closure of the fish plants in Newfoundland has also had its hand in the decline in economic subsistence. Mortier Bay also served a strategic role during the war, and was the site selected to evacuate the Royal Family and regroup the British Navy in the event of German invasion of Britain.

Marystown lies on hummocky pyroclastic volcanic rock of mixed composition. This rock is overlain by very stony sandy loam glacial till which has a classic podzol soil profile in undisturbed areas; this is named as Toslow soil association. The vegetation at the time of the soil survey was a barren dominated by sphagnum mosses, heath-type shrubs, and mountain alder. Forest vegetation, mostly of coniferous trees, has developed in many areas around town as can be seen on Google Street View.

Marystown and surrounding area is home to four public schools, Marystown Central High School, Sacred Heart Academy, Pearce Junior High, and Donald C. Jamieson Academy. Post secondary institutions include two public trade-colleges, College of the North Atlantic, and Keyin College.

Marystown's public schools are serviced under the Eastern School District of Newfoundland and Labrador.


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