Dover, Newfoundland and Labrador
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The first census taken of the community was in 1891 when seventeen people were counted, both lumbermen and fisherman. By 1901 the population had grown to sixty-six people and by 1921 it had grown to 203. The 2016 Census reported that its population was 662 people.[1] The mayor of Dover is Tony Keats.
Near Dover is a geological feature called the Dover Fault, a major break in the Earth's crust. It is the dividing line for Gondwana and Laurentia that was formed by the Iapetus Ocean. A song in the Broadway musical Come From Away takes place at the lookout over the fault.[2][3]
Demographics
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See also
References
External links
- History of Dover
- Community information
- Dover - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol.1, p. 608-609.
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