๐จ๐ฆ Springdale is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The community is located on the Northwestern shores of Hall's Bay in Central Newfoundland, near the mouth of Indian River.
One of the largest towns in north-central Newfoundland, the town hosts the Springdale Braves (male) and the Springdale Bravettes (female) hockey teams. They also host the Springdale Bluefins swim team. The town has a small harbour, a hospital, and many recreational facilities, including a hockey rink, curling club, skatepark, tennis courts, a soccer pitch and softball field. Springdale is known as the "hub" of Green Bay, and provides services to a number of communities in the Green Bay North and Green Bay South areas. The town boasts a number of chain restaurants, including Mary Brown's, Subway and Tim Hortons, in addition to locally owned ventures such as Bojo's Restaurant. The current mayor of Springdale is Alex Goudie.
Springdale has two schools; Indian River Academy, which houses students from Kindergarten to Grade 6, and Indian River High School, which serves students in Grades 7-12. On the outskirts of town is Glassy Beach, which is known for its smooth pieces of broken glass that can be safely walked across in bare feet.
History The Springdale area was first inhabited by aboriginal peoples, including the Beothuk and Mi'kmaq, and there is evidence to suggest that the Dorset and Maritime Archaic Indians also spent time there.
Hall's Bay takes its name from an ill-fated ship captain who, along with his crew, was killed and decapitated by a group of Beothuk in the mid-18th century. According to local lore, the heads of Captain Hall and his crewmen were found on top of wooden pikes stuck in the ground along the coast of the bay. Like most communities in this region, Springdale is home to many legends centred on the Beothuk people.
The first recorded European settler was Nicholas Peters who, in 1877, constructed a sawmill on Mill Island, near the mouth of Indian River, and approximately 200 metres off the shore of present-day Springdale. There are several families living in Springdale today who are his direct descendants (with the surnames of Peters or Young), some of whom live on 'Peters Lane'. This sawmill attracted other settlers, and buildings were soon constructed on the "mainland", across from Mill Island, in a sheltered area called Wolf Cove. In fact, "Wolf Cove" remained the name of the settlement for a number of years. The sawmill was eventually sold to the Curtis Brothers of Twillingate, and was destroyed by fire in 1890. After the blaze, settlers ceased to live on Mill Island, and moved to Wolf Cove.
In Wolf Cove, there was a freshwater spring that served as a source of water for residents, and in 1897, the community took this spring as its namesake, officially changing "Wolf Cove" to "Springdale". This spring still stands near the waterfront, but has since been covered up because of poor water quality due to pollution from a nearby industry.
The Mainmast Museum is home to hundreds of artifacts from Hall's Bay's past, some of which date back to the 18th century. The museum is located on the waterfront in Springdale.
The H.C. Grant Heritage Museum is a Municipal Heritage Building (c. 1917-20) on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
The Springdale Heritage Society tells of the history of Springdale and the surrounding area. It is housed in the refurbished courthouse, originally built in the mid-1950s.
In 2018, Springdale received national attention after the town council voted 4โ3 against installing an LGBT pride crosswalk.
Springdale has a population of over 2,965 people. Springdale also forms part of the wider Newfoundland island which has a population of over 477,787 people. Springdale is situated near St. John's.
๐ฑ๐บ Esch-sur-Alzette 49.498
๐ฉ๐ช Lauf an der Pegnitz 49.513
๐ฉ๐ช Ludwigshafen am Rhein 49.481
๐จ๐ฟ Prostฤjov 49.467
๐ฉ๐ช Sankt Wendel 49.467
๐ฌ๐ฌ St Peter Port 49.456
๐ฉ๐ช Bad Dรผrkheim 49.45
๐บ๐พ Tacuarembรณ -55.983
๐ง๐ท Lucas do Rio Verde -55.917
๐ต๐พ Encarnaciรณn -55.867
๐ง๐ท Aquidauana -55.782
๐ต๐พ Pedro Juan Caballero -55.748
๐ง๐ท Ponta Porรฃ -55.717
๐ง๐ท Vรกrzea Grande -56.139
๐บ๐พ Montevideo -56.198
๐ต๐พ San Ignacio -57.017
๐ง๐ท Uruguaiana -57.08
๐ต๐พ San Juan Bautista -57.167
Locations Near: Springdale -56.1,49.4833
๐จ๐ฆ Stephenville -58.567,48.55 d: 207.7
๐จ๐ฆ St. John's -52.712,47.561 d: 328.5
๐จ๐ฆ Sydney -60.192,46.147 d: 480.5
๐จ๐ฆ Charlottetown -63.133,46.233 d: 636.7
๐จ๐ฆ Truro -63.267,45.35 d: 708
๐จ๐ฆ Gaspรฉ -64.483,48.833 d: 613.6
๐จ๐ฆ Dartmouth -63.567,44.667 d: 778.1
๐จ๐ฆ Halifax -63.574,44.646 d: 780.2
Antipodal to: Springdale 123.9,-49.483
๐ฆ๐บ Albany 117.867,-35.017 d: 18333
๐ฆ๐บ Bunbury 115.637,-33.327 d: 18093.8
๐ฆ๐บ Mandurah 115.721,-32.529 d: 18011.7
๐ฆ๐บ Kalgoorlie 121.466,-30.749 d: 17922
๐ฆ๐บ Port Lincoln 135.85,-34.717 d: 18105.1
๐ฆ๐บ Rockingham 115.717,-32.267 d: 17983.8
๐ฆ๐บ City of Cockburn 115.833,-32.167 d: 17976.3
๐ฆ๐บ Midland 116.01,-31.888 d: 17951.4