- Source: Elliston, Newfoundland and Labrador
Elliston is an incorporated fishing settlement situated on the Bonavista Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada. Incorporated in 1965, the town of Elliston was once called Bird Island Cove and it is composed of a number of communities, North Side, Noder Cover, Elliston Centre, Elliston Point, Porter's Point, Sandy Cove, The Neck and Maberly. Elliston is known as the Root Cellar Capital of the World and has claimed that title from the 135 root cellars that exist in the community.
Elliston was renamed from Bird Island Cove by Reverend Charles Lench to honour the first Methodist Missionary, Reverend William Ellis, to this community. The name Bird Island Cove was used since the early 17th century and it gets its name from two small islands, North and South Bird Island, that lie off the south entrance of this cove.
In 2013, parts of the movie The Grand Seduction were filmed at Elliston.
Events
The Roots, Rants and Roars festival is filled with Elliston's music and food, with a competition called Cod Wars where chefs make the most creative and original dishes featuring cod.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Elliston had a population of 315 living in 148 of its 198 total private dwellings, a change of 2.3% from its 2016 population of 308. With a land area of 10.07 km2 (3.89 sq mi), it had a population density of 31.3/km2 (81.0/sq mi) in 2021.
See also
List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador
References
https://www.townofelliston.ca/1about/inquire.html
https://www.townofelliston.ca/2visit/loop.html#ptrain
External links
Media related to Elliston, Newfoundland and Labrador at Wikimedia Commons
Town of Elliston
James Ryan Heritage House
Elliston - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol.1, p. 772-774.
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