Norris Point

Norris Point
Norris Point

Village de Norris Point
Village de Norris Point

Administration
Pays Drapeau du Canada Canada
Maire Chris Manuel
Démographie
Population 699 hab. (2006[1])
Densité 142,4 hab./km2
Géographie
Coordonnées
géographiques
49° 31′ 10″ N 57° 52′ 21″ W / 49.5194444, -57.872499949° 31′ 10″ N 57° 52′ 21″ W / 49.5194444, -57.8724999
Superficie 4,91 km2

Géolocalisation sur la carte : Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador

(Voir situation sur carte : Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador)
Norris Point

Norris Point est une municipalité (Town) de l'ouest de Terre-Neuve dans la province de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador. Il est situé au nord de la Bonne Baie. Le nom de Norris Point provient de la corruption de North Point (Littéralement « Pointe du Nord »), toponyme qui a été donné par James Cook en 1767[2].

Notes et références

  1. Norris Point, Profils des communautés de 2006 sur Statistique Canada. Consulté le 3 avril 2010
  2. (en) William Baillie Hamilton, Place Names of Atlantic Canada, University of Toronto Press, 1996 (ISBN 0802075703), p. 238 

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