Lushes Bight-Beaumont-Beaumont North
town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Lushes Bight–Beaumont–Beaumont North is a town on Long Island in Notre Dame Bay in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 169 at the 2021 Census, down from 275 in the 2006 Census.
The community is inaccessible by road and is serviced by a ferry via Pilley's Island.
The local school, Long Island Academy, closed in 2016.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lushes Bight-Beaumont-Beaumont North had a population of 169 living in 96 of its 150 total private dwellings, a change of 0.6% from its 2016 population of 168. With a land area of 34.52 km2 (13.33 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.9/km2 (12.7/sq mi) in 2021.
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