Peterview is a town located in the Exploits Valley
area of central Newfoundland and
Labrador
, Canada
, where
Peters River empties into the Bay of Exploits
, just south of Botwood
, off Route 350.
Originally named Peters Arm, the community was incorporated as the
Town of Peterview in 1962. The current
mayor
is Jim Samson and the
deputy mayor is
Monnie Burt. According to the 2001
Statistics Canada census, Peterview has a
population of 807 with 266 private
dwellings.
Peterview has connections to
Demasduwit
(Mary March), a figure in Newfoundland history and one of the last
Beothuk Indians, as John Peyton, one of her
captors, built the first house in the area.
See also
References
- Population and dwelling counts
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