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Baie Verte, Newfoundland and Labrador

Coordinates: 49°55′N 56°11′W / 49.917°N 56.183°W / 49.917; -56.183
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Baie Verte
Town
Official seal of Baie Verte
Country Canada
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
Incorporated1968
Population
 (2006)
 • Total1,275
Time zoneUTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight)
Area code709

Baie Verte (2006 Population 1,275) is a town located on the northeast coast of the island portion of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador on the Baie Verte Peninsula.

Geography

Baie Verte is one of 42 communities that make up the Emerald Zone which is located in the North Central portion of Newfoundland. Baie Verte dates to the late 1800s, but remained a small village until the discovery of asbestos and other ore bodies of copper, lead, zinc and gold in the mid 1950s when the town underwent major expansion. Bowering Brother's steamers called in the area in the 1950s to transport the ore found here. It became a town in 1968.

The major "Baie Verte fault line" starts here and runs from here to Long Island Sound by way of Vermont.[1]

References

  1. ^ The Chronicle, September 8, 2008, page 22, "Geologist give talk about Lowell's geologic history"

See also

49°55′N 56°11′W / 49.917°N 56.183°W / 49.917; -56.183