Barachois Brook

Barachois Brook is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on the western coast of the province, on Bay St. George, located just 5 km south of Stephenville Crossing.

"Black Bank", a popular beach, is located in Barachois Brook.

The post office was established there in 1963. The first Postmaster was Churchill J. Messervey.

It had an estimated population of 120 in 2021.

Barachois Brook once had a RCMP detachment which is no longer in use. The building, located just outside of St. George's on the outer edge of the community, is now used by the provincial government as a Forestry Resource office.[1]

Geography

Barachois Brook is in Newfoundland within Subdivision C of Division No. 4.[2]

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Barachois Brook recorded a population of 167 living in 84 of its 95 total private dwellings, a change of 34.7% from its 2011 population of 124. With a land area of 6.32 km2 (2.44 sq mi), it had a population density of 26.4/km2 (68.4/sq mi) in 2016.[3]

Government

Barachois Brook is a local service district (LSD)[4] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.[5] The chair of the LSD committee is Gerard Lee.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Contact Information - Forestry".
  2. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)". Statistics Canada. February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  3. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)". Statistics Canada. February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  4. "Directory of Local Service Districts" (PDF). Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. October 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  5. "Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

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