| 词条 | Botwood | ||||||||||||||
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| official_name = Botwood | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | motto = En Avant (French for "Onward") | image_skyline = Botwoodville.jpg | image_caption = Exploits River Lumber and Pulp Company | image_flag = | image_seal = Botwood.JPG | image_shield = | pushpin_map = Newfoundland | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Botwood in Newfoundland | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CAN}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = {{NL}} | subdivision_type3 = Census division | subdivision_name3 = 6 | established_title = | established_date = | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | government_type = | government_footnotes = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Scott Sceviour | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_total_km2 = 15.05 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | population_as_of = 2016 | population_note = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 2875 | population_urban = | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = Newfoundland Time | utc_offset = -3:30 | timezone_DST = Newfoundland Daylight | utc_offset_DST = -2:30 | coordinates = {{coord|49|09|00|N|55|22|00|W|region:CA-NL|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 41 | postal_code_type = Postal code span | postal_code = A0H | area_code = 709 | blank_name = | blank_info = | website = {{URL|http://www.botwoodnl.ca}} | footnotes = }} Botwood is a town in north-central Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada in Census Division 6. It is located on the west shore of the Bay of Exploits on a natural deep water harbour used by cargo ships and seaplanes throughout the town's history. HistoryIn 1908 construction began on the Botwood Railway, running between Bishop's Falls and Botwood. It was a joint effort between the A.N.D. Company and the A. E. Reed Company of Bishop's Falls. It was to be the transportation link for the export of pulp and paper from the newly built mill at Grand Falls. The railway became operational by the fall of 1909, and the first shipment of paper from the new mill was sent in February 1910. The A.N.D. Company took control of the railway operation in 1910, just a year after the line was completed. The first aircraft facility to be established in Botwood was by Newfoundland born Captain Sydney Bennett (1897–1945) and Australian-born Major Sidney Cotton (1894–1969). It became host to many dignitaries and celebrities, some as part of official delegations and others who were stalled there waiting out inclement flying weather. Among those were Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh in 1933. From 1937 to 1945, both Pan Am and the British Overseas Airways Corporation used Botwood as a terminal for their Atlantic crossings. On June 27, 1939 the Yankee Clipper left Botwood for the first Trans-Atlantic passenger flight to Foynes, Ireland. During World War II (1940–1945), the Royal Canadian Air Force changed Botwood into a patrolling and bombing seaplane base, home to two squadrons of PBY Canso flying boats equipped with torpedoes and depth charges. A large concrete slipway, two hangars, a tarmac and four bunkers were constructed. The Canadian Army was garrisoned in the town, and built barracks, a water system, and a full-scale military hospital. The army was responsible for the manning of gun batteries at Philip's Head and Wiseman's Cove that protected the entrance to Botwood Harbour with 10" guns, as well as numerous anti-aircraft batteries throughout the community. During the war Botwood was home to approximately 10,000 Canadian and British personnel, and became Canada's most important over-seas base. In 1942, 11 United States military personnel died when their Sikorsky VS-44 flying boat, the Excalibur, crashed and sank in the Bay of Exploits shortly after takeoff from Botwood. In 1943 Bob Hope and his troupe were stormbound in Botwood and performed for the RCAF Coastal Command. Both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill also overnighted in the town. Military personnel left Botwood at the end of World War II. Military buildings were sold, demolished or relocated. Commercial seaplane service ended in 1945 as land-based aircraft became more popular. Botwood continued to ship paper from the Grand Falls-Windsor paper mill until its closure in 2009. It also shipped ore from Buchans until the mine closed in 1984. Population
TourismIn 2010, a mural to celebrate the Botwood Cottage Hospital was commissioned by the Botwood Mural Arts Society. It was entitled Pulse of the Community and was painted by Manitoban artist Charlie Johnston. It is located on the previous site of the Botwood Cottage Hospital, now the site of a grocery store. This was the beginning of an ongoing project of by the society to commission murals throughout the town to celebrate its unique history and increase tourism.[2] A number of other murals have been completed around the town. At present there are seven murals, including the following:
There is also a mural in the process of being painted located on the community's public library. [4]Climate{{Clear}}{{Weather box|location = Botwood |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan record high C = 13 |Feb record high C = 13 |Mar record high C = 15.5 |Apr record high C = 24 |May record high C = 28 |Jun record high C = 33 |Jul record high C = 35 |Aug record high C = 36.7 |Sep record high C = 29.4 |Oct record high C = 26.1 |Nov record high C = 20 |Dec record high C = 13.9 |Jan high C = -2.9 |Feb high C = -3.4 |Mar high C = 0.9 |Apr high C = 6.2 |May high C = 12.4 |Jun high C = 17.9 |Jul high C = 22.5 |Aug high C = 21.7 |Sep high C = 16.7 |Oct high C = 10.5 |Nov high C = 4.9 |Dec high C = -0.4 |year high C = 8.9 |Jan low C = -12.4 |Feb low C = -12.9 |Mar low C = -8.1 |Apr low C = -2 |May low C = 2.5 |Jun low C = 6.9 |Jul low C = 11.4 |Aug low C = 11.2 |Sep low C = 7.3 |Oct low C = 2.6 |Nov low C = -1.9 |Dec low C = -8.2 |year low C = -0.3 |Jan record low C = -30 |Feb record low C = -36.7 |Mar record low C = -30 |Apr record low C = -19 |May record low C = -6.7 |Jun record low C = -2.8 |Jul record low C = 0 |Aug record low C = -1.1 |Sep record low C = -4.4 |Oct record low C = -8 |Nov record low C = -16 |Dec record low C = -28.9 |Jan precipitation mm = 83.8 |Feb precipitation mm = 74.8 |Mar precipitation mm = 74.1 |Apr precipitation mm = 64 |May precipitation mm = 73.2 |Jun precipitation mm = 88 |Jul precipitation mm = 76.8 |Aug precipitation mm = 96.8 |Sep precipitation mm = 91.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 106.1 |Nov precipitation mm = 78.6 |Dec precipitation mm = 78.4 |year precipitation mm = 986.4 |source 1 = Environment Canada[5] |date=August 2010 }} See also
References1. ^ 2. ^ http://www.botwoodmuralarts.ca/index.php?page=about Botwood Mural Arts Society 3. ^http://www.botwoodmuralarts.ca/index.php?page=murals Botwood Mural Arts Society 4. ^ http://www.gfwadvertiser.ca/news/local/2017/6/7/botwood-library-to-get-facelift.html Grand Falls-Windsor Advertiser 5. ^Environment CanadaCanadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 15 July 2009 External links
| Northwest = Point Leamington | North = Northern Arm | Northeast = Bay of Exploits, Burnt Arm, Laurenceton | West = Division No. 6, Subd. C | Center = Botwood | East = Bay of Exploits, Division No. 6, Subd. A | Southwest = Bishop's Falls, Grand Falls-Windsor | South = Peterview, Division No. 6, Subd. D | Southeast = Bay of Exploits, Norris Arm }}{{NLDivision6}}{{Subdivisions of Newfoundland and Labrador}} 3 : Populated coastal places in Canada|Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador|Port cities and towns on the Canadian Atlantic coast |
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