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Twillingate is a town of 2,269 people located on the Twillingate Islands ("Toulinquet") in Notre Dame Bay. It is located off the northeastern shore of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was incorporated on September 30, 1965.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Town of Twillingate Community History ) 〕 The town is about north of Lewisporte and Gander. The Town of Twillingate includes such localities as Back Harbour, Bayview, Durrell, Gillard's Cove, Jenkins Cove, Manuel's Cove, and Wild Cove. The islands provide an excellent sheltered harbour and easy access to the rich fishing grounds nearby. In recent years, a causeway named after Walter B. Elliot was built, which connects it to the mainland via New World Island. Labeled as "The Iceberg Capital of the World", the town is one of the oldest ports on the island.〔 It was a historic fishing community, but because of the decline of the fishing industry, its economy now relies more on tourism.〔 ==History== The earliest known people to inhabit the area were the Maritime Archaic, who occupied the area about 3,500 years ago in 1500 BC. The Maritime Archaic people were later supplanted by the Beothuk, and possibly the Dorset Inuit, who occupied the area until the arrival of European settlers.〔(Twillingate at the NRE )〕〔 The French had been fishing in the area, possibly as early as 1500, but the first European settlers did not arrive until the 17th century. The European settlers were mostly fishermen and their families from the West Country in England.〔〔 The native Beothuk managed to survive until the early 19th century in small numbers near Twillingate and the mouth of the Exploits River. As the population grew, Twillingate became an important fishing community, and was later known as the ''Capital of the North''. It was a busy trade and service centre for Labrador and the northern shore fisheries for more than two centuries. One of the most prominent historical events that happened in the history of Twillingate was the arrival of a local newspaper – the ''Twillingate Sun''. The Twillingate Sun served the Twillingate district from the 1880s until the 1950s. The ''Sun'' was a robust and professional newspaper that not only covered local and provincial news, but also international news as well.〔(Maritime History Archive - The Twillingate Sun )〕 Today, the ''Pilot'', a newspaper published in Lewisporte, serves the area with its "Island's Connection" segment. Since the Fisheries and Oceans Canada moratorium on fishing northern cod (see Endangered Species Controversies in Canada and Europe) was announced on July 2, 1992, followed shortly after by the collapse of the fishing industry, Twillingate has been forced to look to the tourist industry for income and is becoming a popular spot for visitors in the summer. It is now promoted as the ''Iceberg Capital of the World''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Twillingate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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