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Corner Brook, Newfoundland. A little peek into the city from the Trans-Canada Highway southeast of downtown. With a population of just under 20,000, Corner Brook is the largest city in western Newfoundland and, when suburbs of St. John's are excepted, the second-largest city in the province. Though it's located on the coast - at the head of the Humber Arm, the innermost inlet of the Bay of Islands - Corner Brook actually has more in common with Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, and other inland cities to the east: it's a company town whose economy has traditionally been based far more on logging than fishing, and it was founded comparatively late in Newfoundland history. However, in recent years, Corner Brook's economy has become one of the most diversified in Newfoundland: locals of the present day are far more likely to work in health care, retail, or at the branch campuses of the College of the North Atlantic or Memorial University of Newfoundland than at the Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Mill, whose workforce has dwindled to only about 600 and whose financial future is shaky. As well, like the rest of Newfoundland, Corner Brook has banked heavily on tourism as an antidote to a struggling economy, serving as an important service centre on the road to the Great Northern Peninsula. Corner Brook, Terre-Neuve. Un petit aperçu dans la ville depuis la Route transcanadienne au sud-est du centre-ville. Avec une population d'un peu moins de 20.000, Corner Brook est la plus grande ville de l'ouest de Terre-Neuve et, quand les banlieues de St-Jean sont exclus, la deuxième plus grande ville de la province. Bien qu'il soit situé sur la côte - au fond du bras Humber, l'entrée la plus intérieure de la baie des Îles - en fait Corner Brook a plus en commun avec Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, et d'autres villes de l'intérieur à son est: c'est une cité ouvrière dont l'économie traditionnellement a été fondée beaucoup plus sur les forêts que la pêche, et il a été fondée relativement tardivement en l'histoire terre-neuvienne. Toutefois, au cours des dernières années, l'économie de Corner Brook est devenue l'une des plus diversifiées à Terre-Neuve: c'est beaucoup plus souvent de trouver des habitants qui travaillent dans les soins de santé, la vente au détail, ou aux campus délocalisés du Collège de l'Atlantique Nord ou de l'Université Mémorial de Terre-Neuve qu'à l'Usine de pâts et papiers de Corner Brook, dont l'effectif a diminué à seulement environ 600 et dont les prévisions financières sont incertaines. En outre, tout comme le reste de Terre-Neuve, Corner Brook a misé fortement sur le tourisme comme un antidote à une économie en difficulté, servant comme un centre de service important le long de la route vers la Grande péninsule du Nord. Corner Brook, Terranova. Un vistazito a la ciudad desde la Carretera Transcanadiense al sureste del centro. Con una población de poco menos que 20.000, Corner Brook es la ciudad más grande en el oeste de Terranova y, cuando se exceptuan los suburbios de San Juan, la segunda ciudad más grande en la provincia. Aunque se ubique en la costa - en las cabeceras del Brazo Humber, la entrada más interna de la Bahía de las Islas - de hecho Corner Brook tiene más en común con Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, y otras ciudades interiorer a su este: es una colonia obrera cuya economía tradicionalmente se ha basado mucho más en la explotación florestal que en la pesca, y se fundó relativamente tardíamente en la historia terranoviense. Sin embargo, en los últimos años, la economía de Corner Brook se ha hecho una de las más diversificadas en Terranova: los lugareños de hoy en día están mucho más propensos a trabajar en el cuidado de la salud, en la venta minorista, o en los campus sucursales del Colegio del Atlántico Norte o la Universidad Memorial de Terranova que en la Fábrica Papelera de Corner Brook, cuya plantilla se ha reducido a solamente 600 más o menos y cuyo pronóstico financiero está incierto. Además, igualmente como el resto de Terranova, Corner Brook ha apostado fuertemente en el turismo como un antídoto a una economía en dificultades, sirviendo como un centro de servicios importantes en la ruta hacia la Gran Península del Norte. |
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Source | TV-009-0428 |
Author | André Carrotflower |
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