Plum Point, Newfoundland and Labrador

Plum Point is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is west of Anchor Point.

History

The original name Ferrol Zaharra was given by the Basque fishermen and been translated in English later on. The former name of Old Ferrole was changed on June 11, 1965.

Geography

Plum Point is in Newfoundland within Subdivision C of Division No. 9.^[1]

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Plum Point recorded a population of 112 living in 52 of its 71 total private dwellings, a change of -12.5% from its 2011 population of 128. With a land area of 2.45 km² (0.95 sq mi), it had a population density of 45.7/km² (118.4/sq mi) in 2016.^[2]

Government

Plum Point is a local service district (LSD)^[3] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.^[4] The chair of the LSD committee is Ben Coombs.^[3]

See also

• Great Northern Peninsula
• List of designated places in Newfoundland and Labrador
• List of local service districts in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Newfoundland and Labrador Route 432