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'''Ferryland''' is a town in [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] on the [[Avalon Peninsula]].  According to the 2021 [[Statistics Canada]] [[census]], its population is 371.<ref name=2021census/>

==Seventeenth century settlement==
Ferryland was originally established as a station for migratory fishermen in the late 16th century but had earlier been used by the [[France|French]], [[Spain|Spanish]], and [[Portugal|Portuguese]]. By the 1590s it was one of the most popular fishing harbours in Newfoundland and acclaimed by Sir [[Walter Raleigh]]. Ferryland was called "Farilham" by the Portuguese fishermen and "Forillon" by the French—it later became anglicized to its current name "Ferryland." (This should not be confused with the [[Forillon National Park]] in [[Quebec]], which still keeps its French name.)

The land was granted by [[charter]] to the [[London and Bristol Company]] in the 1610s and the vicinity became the location of a number of short-lived [[English colonial empire|English colonies]] at [[Cuper's Cove]], [[Subdivision 1I, Newfoundland and Labrador#Bristol's Hope|Bristol's Hope]], and [[Renews]] and adjoined the colony of [[South Falkland]]. In 1620 the territory was granted to [[George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore|George Calvert]], 1st [[Baron Baltimore]] who had obtained the holdings from [[William Vaughan (Welsh writer and colonial investor)|William Vaughan]].
Calvert appointed [[Edward Wynne (colonial governor)|Edward Wynne]] to establish a [[colony]] which became the first successful permanent colony in [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] growing to a population of 100 by 1625. In 1623, Calvert's grant was confirmed and expanded.  The Charter of Avalon was granted to [[George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore|Lord Baltimore]] by James I. Dated 7 April 1623 it created the [[Province of Avalon]] on the island of Newfoundland and gave Baltimore complete authority over all matters in the territory. That same year Baltimore chose Ferryland as the principal area of settlement. In the 1660s, the colony was attacked by the Dutch.

The town was destroyed by New France in 1696 during the [[Avalon Peninsula Campaign]] of [[King William's War]]. Virtually forgotten for centuries, excavations of the original settlement began in earnest in the late 1980s and continue to this day.<ref>[http://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/exploration/ferryland-history-introduction.php Colony of Avalon]</ref>

==Historic designations==
The site of the 17th-century [[Province of Avalon|Colony of Avalon]] was designated a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]] in 1953.<ref>{{DFHD|221|Colony of Avalon National Historic Site of Canada|8 July 2012}}</ref> It was also designated a Municipal Heritage District in 1998.<ref>{{CRHP|14542|Colony of Avalon Special Preservation Area Municipal Heritage District|8 July 2012}}</ref>

The Historic Ferryland Museum was designated a Municipal Heritage Site in 2006.<ref>{{CRHP|5533|Historic Ferryland Museum Municipal Heritage Site|8 July 2012}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Ferryland had a population of {{val|371|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|191|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|252|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:371-414}}|414|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|414|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|13.22|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|371|13.22|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000210 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=9 February 2022 | accessdate=15 March 2022}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
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File:FerrylandMansion 2011.jpg|Excavated foundation of mansion house.
File:James Yonge's map of Ferryland, ca. 1663..jpg|Map of Ferryland in 1663
Image:Mapof ferryland.jpg|Map of Ferryland in 1693
</gallery>

==See also==
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*[[List of lighthouses in Canada]]
* [[British colonization of the Americas]]
* [[List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador]]
* [[Sara Kirke]]
* [[Erasmus Stourton]]
* [[Ron Hynes]]
* [[James Tuck (archaeologist)]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://newfoundlandlabrador.com/PlacesToGo/GreatFinds.aspx?find=39 Official Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism Website – Ferryland]
*[http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns_enl/id/3122 Ferryland – Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 2, pp. 50–60.]

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