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'<!-- Infobox begins --> {{Infobox settlement | official_name = South East Bight | other_name = | native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | motto = | image_skyline = South East Bight 4.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_map = South East Bight, NL sign.jpg | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | city_logo = | citylogo_size = | pushpin_map = Newfoundland | pushpin_label_position = left<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_caption = Location of South East Bight in [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] | subdivision_name = [[Canada]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = {{NL}} | subdivision_type3 = <!-- [[Census divisions of Newfoundland and Labrador|Census division]] --> | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = <!-- Settled --> | established_date = | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | government_type = | government_footnotes = | leader_title = <!-- Mayor --> | leader_name = | leader_title1 = <!--[[Legislative Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador|MLA]]--> | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = <!--[[Members of the Canadian House of Commons|MP]]--> | leader_name2 = | unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_urban_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2018 | population_note = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 72 | population_urban = | population_metro = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_density_km2 = | timezone = [[Newfoundland Time]] | utc_offset = -3:30 | timezone_DST = [[Newfoundland Time|Newfoundland Daylight]] | utc_offset_DST = -2:30 | coordinates = {{coord|47|23|0|N|54|35|0|W|region:CA-NL|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> | elevation_ft = | elevation_m = | postal_code_type = <!--Postal code span--> | postal_code = <!--[[List of A Postal Codes of Canada|Span]]--> | area_code = [[Area code 709|709]] | blank_name = [[List of Newfoundland and Labrador highways|Highways]] | blank_info = {{jct|extra=ferry}} Ferry to [[Petit Forte, Newfoundland and Labrador|Petit Forte]] | website = | footnotes = }} <!-- Infobox ends --> '''South East Bight''' (SEB) is a community located on the western shores of Placentia Bay on the [[Burin Peninsula]] of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]]. The community is not connected by road and is only accessible by ferry from [[Petite Forte, Newfoundland and Labrador|Petite Forte]]. Many people from the community travel to [[Monkstown, Newfoundland and Labrador|Monkstown]] in the winter by ski-doo, but is very uncommon to try to get there in the summer, because of marsh, bogs, ponds and hills. To get to South East Bight one must travel towards Marystown on the Burin Peninsula, turn off the highway at Boat Harbour, travel to [[Petite Forte, Newfoundland and Labrador|Petite Forte]] and then take a half-hour ferry ride to South East Bight.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/life-in-south-east-bight-gallery-1.4410246|title=Faces and Places: A peek inside the isolated outport of South East Bight|website=cbc.ca|publisher=CBC News|accessdate=October 2, 2020|date=November 25, 2017|first=Paula|last=Gale}}</ref> While there are a few vehicles on South East Bight, ATVs are the main form of transportation. == History == South East Bight was originally settled by the Handlins in 1835. By 1836 the population had risen to about 30 people, all of Roman Catholic religion. A census taken in 1871 showed that the main families were Dunphy, Hayne, Hefferon, Hunt, Pitman, Reddy, Ward, and Wight. The community name came from the direction one takes to reach the community, and bight refers to a wide inlet in the coast. The first settlers of South East Bight came in the early 1850s from England and Ireland. These settlers were people involved in the fishery. In the late 19th century South East Bight was a very busy place, with a commercial farm, a slate quarry and a couple of lobster factories. Fishing was the main occupation and remains so today. In the 19th century the population was about 30 families and by the 1930s it dropped to about five families then grew to about 30 families again in the 1950s. When resettlement occurred in the 1960s many people left the community but nine families came in from surrounding places like Darby's Harbour, Clattice Harbour, and Channels Harbour. Many of these families still live in the community and return to these resettled communities to visit their cabins. The community is fully Roman Catholic religion and every family is supported by the fishery. Family names that remain today are Lake, Ward, Whyte, Hefferan, Jones, Murphy, Brewer and Hepditch. South East Bight once had a small slate mine operating but the venture was not feasible and was quickly closed down. Years ago the men traveled to the lumber woods and to mines in places like St. Lawrence, to work in the fall to get extra money to supplement the fishing income. == Population == In the 1921 Newfoundland Census the population of South East Bight was 126 persons in 35 households.<ref>{{cite web |title=Newfoundland 1921 Census - Placentia and St. Mary's District |url=http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1921/21-se-bight-psm.shtml |website=ngb.chebucto.org |publisher=Newfoundland Grand banks |accessdate=2 October 2020}}</ref> By 1945 it had decreased to 51.<ref>{{cite web |title=1945 Census |url=http://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannf/pb_cens45soueabi.htm |website=NL Genweb |accessdate=6 October 2020}}</ref> In the 1950s and 1960s it again started to grow until resettlement, when it plummeted to only two families, the Wards and the Whites. In the next few years families like the Lakes, Murphys and Powers moved in from Darby's Harbour, Murphys Cove and Clattice Harbour, and young people began to marry and settle there. Surnames like Brewer, Hefferan, Jones and Hepditch returned to restore the community. == Other Facts == [[Image:St. Anne's School - South East Bight, NL.jpg|thumb|right|300px|St. Anne's School]] * Registered midwives of earlier times were Mary Dunphy and Mary Ward.<ref>{{cite web |title=South East Bight - History |url=https://www.stannes.k12.nf.ca/history.htm |website=stannes.k12.nf.ca |publisher=St. Anne's School |accessdate=2 October 2020}}</ref> * The first mobile phone was installed in 1942, the first modern phone in 1980. * School and church burned down on March 24, 1954. * New church built in 1986. * Government wharf built in 1981. * Electrical power hooked up on December 20, 1974. * Power lines connecting South East Bight to main frame installed 1998. * Community had been serviced by diesel generators since 1974 but has been connected to the main grid since 1998. * Breakwaters tore down and new road constructed in 1993. * There are 40 households, 10 summer homes and a teacher's residence. * St. Anne's School has 2 teachers and 13 students from Kindergarten to Level 1. * Students beyond Level 1 must leave the community to go to school else where. * South East Bight is a community that is based on the fishing industry. * South East Bight is an isolated community that can be reached by a 30-minute ferry ride from Petite Forte.<ref>{{cite web |title=South East Bight – Petite Forte ferry schedule |url=https://www.gov.nl.ca/ti/ferryservices/schedules/p-southeas/ |website=Transportation and Infrastructure |publisher=Government of Newfoundland and Labrador |accessdate=2 October 2020}}</ref> * The community offers 2 convenience stores, Post Office, Volunteer Fire Department, Roman Catholic Church and a Doctors Clinic. * There are 3 cemeteries. * The oldest standing house was owned by Edward Ward, the house is over 100 years old. * You can walk to nearby resettled communities of Little Paradise & Great Paradise via trails in the community. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons category|South East Bight, Newfoundland and Labrador}} {{DEFAULTSORT:South East Bight, Newfoundland And Labrador}} [[Category:Populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador]] [[Category:Road-inaccessible communities of Newfoundland and Labrador]]'