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2008 Soccer National Championships
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 The best two
labels that adequately describe the Town of St. Lawrence are its
competitive spirit and quintessence of generosity. St.
Lawrence is a coastal town, located on the southeast corner of the
Burin Peninsula in southeastern Newfoundland.
The Burin Peninsula Highway (Route 220) passes through St. Lawrence
and joins the Transcanada Highway (Route 1) at Goobies, 185 km to
the north. St. Lawrence is connected to all major communities in the
area by paved roads that is strategically located 32 kms from
international shipping lanes.
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 St. Lawrence
was incorporated as a Town in 1949. It is governed by an elected
Town Council
operating under government grants and municipal taxes. The Town has
a well kept network of paved streets. The Town has been served by an
efficient water and sewer system since 1953. Street lighting, snow
clearing, garbage collection and general maintenance of the Town is
provided by the Town Council For decades this town has been the only
producer of
fluorspar in Canada and
some fifteen years ago it established itself as the soccer capital
of the country. Approximately two thousand people live here, with
the fish plant now operated by
Grand Atlantic Seafoods
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The economic history (mining
and fishing) of St. Lawrence and its location to international
shipping lanes have supplied the town with available facilities and
a proficient industrialized work force past and present capable of
handling economic activity. |
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Lawrence Harbor, around which the town is built, is a well
protected, ice-free, year round port. It can accommodate ships
of 6m draft.
Harbor facilities include a wharf and
warehouse and a fish processing plant which is operated by
Grand Atlantic Seafoods,
which can facilitate any commercial or industrial
activity. There is also a vast acreage of available crown land
within 4 km of shipping facilities. This community is also the
site of the largest known fluorspar deposit in North America.
Although the mine is not presently operating, mining infrastructure
is still intact. |
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 Sports
play a big part in the lives of the people with the community having
two regulation size
soccer fields as well as a
two sheet curling rink, a multipurpose Recreation Center, two tennis
courts and also a softball field. A walk over the hills to
Chambers Cove will help you trace
the history of the heroism that the residents of St. Lawrence
displayed during the disaster of the
Truxton and the
Pollux that took place Feb 1942 on the shores of St.
Lawrence. Which led to the building of the
U.S. Memorial Hospital that was
donated by the U.S. in gratitude for the rescue of many men during
the dreadful naval disaster
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A visit to the
Miner's Museum is a must where
detailed photos and materials collected from the disaster are on
display. |
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There are many
breath taking
attractions around town
which make you want to come back again. Take part in the St.
Lawrence Day celebrations, catch caplin rolling on the beaches or
try squid-jigging in the harbor. |
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