Charlottetown

Charlottetown is located within St. Michael's Bay on the southeast coast of Labrador. It has a population of approximately 320. Charlottetown was founded in 1950 by Ben Powell and Clarence Perry. They began a logging operation that lasted until the late 1960's. Mr. Powell named Charlottetown after Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island as he hoped that this place would grow and prosper and one day be the capital of St. Michael's Bay.

After the logging operation discontinued and up until the recent cod moratorium the cod fishery was the mainstay of Charlottetown residents. Today, some fishermen are retired, some become involved in other fisheries such as the crab, shrimp and scallop, while some are still looking for other employment.

Charlottetown has a local clinic which includes a staff of one public health nurse, a full-time nurse and a part-time nurse. Doctors and dentist, as well as other specialists from the Grenfell Hospital in St. Anthony, visit the Charlottetown clinic every six weeks for general patient appointments. Emergencies are referred to the Grenfell Hospital in St. Anthony by air ambulance.

The day school system has changed from a one room school with a teacher for a period of three or four months at a time to a system that now has seven classrooms, a full-time staff of seven teachers and an enrolment of 72 students.