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Coordinates: 47°0400N 53°3400W / 47.06667°N 53.56667°W / 47.06667; -53.56667
 

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O'Donnells is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian provinceofNewfoundland and Labrador. It is southeast of Placentia. The first postmistress was Mrs. Theresa M. Hanlon on July 16, 1951. By 1956 there was a population of 244.

History[edit]

The community of O’Donnell's, formerly known as Mussel Pond, is situated at the head of Mussel Pond Cove on the eastern side of St. Mary's Bay on the southeast coast of Newfoundland.  The name Mussel Pond was originally given to the settlement by a fishing fleet because of the abundance of mussels found in the ponds and cove. Father Enright, an Irish Roman Catholic priest who became parish priest of that community in 1919, changed the traditional name to O’Donnell's (after Bishop O’Donel, the first Roman Catholic prelate in Newfoundland).

Geography[edit]

O'Donnells is in Newfoundland within Subdivision WofDivision No. 1.[1] The community wraps around both sides and the head of the cove and the topography of the land is relatively flat.[citation needed]

Demographics[edit]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, O'Donnells recorded a population of 125 living in 52 of its 77 total private dwellings, a change of -20.4% from its 2011 population of 157. With a land area of 3.44 km2 (1.33 sq mi), it had a population density of 36.3/km2 (94.1/sq mi) in 2016.[2]

Government[edit]

O'Donnells 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 Gerard Hanlon.[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "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.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ a b "Directory of Local Service Districts" (PDF). Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. October 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  • ^ "Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  • 47°04′00N 53°34′00W / 47.06667°N 53.56667°W / 47.06667; -53.56667


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