Ferryland

Ferryland

      village, southeastern Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It lies on the eastern side of the Avalon Peninsula, about 40 miles (65 km) south of St. John's. First visited by Portuguese and French fishermen early in the 16th century, it was named Ferryland, probably derived from the Portuguese farelhão (“small promintory”). It was colonized when Sir George Calvert (later Lord Baltimore) obtained a charter for a portion of the peninsula in 1623. The colony showed promise until its proprietors procured the patent for Maryland and vacated the peninsula in 1629. Sir David Kirke, count palatine of the island, took over the village (1638) and established his headquarters there. Ferryland now is a quiet fishing community and a government fish-bait depot, catering to visitors who are attracted by its historic past, including the ruins of its founding-father's mansion. Pop. (2006) 529.

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