Fogo_Island,_Newfoundland

Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador

Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador

Town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

For other uses, see Fogo Island (disambiguation).

Fogo Island is a town located on Fogo Island, the largest of the offshore islands in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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History

The Town of Fogo Island was incorporated on March 1, 2011 following the amalgamation of four towns – Fogo, Joe Batt's Arm-Barr'd Islands-Shoal Bay, Seldom-Little Seldom and Tilting – with the unincorporated balance of the Fogo Island.[3]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fogo Island had a population of 2,117 living in 964 of its 1,450 total private dwellings, a change of -5.7% from its 2016 population of 2,244. With a land area of 238.25 km2 (91.99 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.9/km2 (23.0/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

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Climate

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Transportation

Fogo Island is accessible by ferry or air.[27][28] The local airstrip is the Fogo Aerodrome.[27]

Notable people

See also

References

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    "Travel to Fogo Island". Town of Fogo Island. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
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    "N.L. ferries made 4,100 trips with no passengers last year". CBC. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
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