Country Canada Settled 1689 Area 125.6 km² Local time Monday 6:38 PM Area code 709 | Census division 1 Incorporated 1961 Population 2,005 (2006) Province Newfoundland and Labrador | |
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Time zone Newfoundland Time (UTC– 3:30) Weather -1°C, Wind W at 10 km/h, 85% Humidity Neighborhoods Burnt Stump, Briens, Duffs, Newtown, Woodford's | ||
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Holyrood is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division 1, on Conception Bay. During King William's War, the village was destroyed in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign.
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Map of Holyrood, NL, Canada
The town is famous for being at the bottom of the bay and having a large cross on the top of the predominant mountain "George Cove". Holyrood is also renowned for its squid fishery and caplin "rolling" which happens in late spring, early summer. "Rolling" refers to the mating of the caplin when they beach themselves and can be picked up by hand.
According to the 2006 Statistics Canada Census:
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