Burnside: In 1912, a quickly moving forest fire destroyed the area east of Glovertown and northwest of Eastport, in Bonavista Bay. Slowly the communities rebuilt, and Burnside was chosen to rename the three settlements of Squid Tickle, Hollett's Tickle and Hollett's Cove.

With resettlement, in the 1960s, people from Flat Island, Coward's Island and North Island moved to Burnside. History has shown that from circa 3000 B.C. to 1800s, Maritime Archaic, Palaeoeskimo and Beothuks frequent the Burnside area to hunt, and fish.

First European settlers arrived in the latter part of the nineteenth century.

According to Heritage NL website: A campsite, or village, at the Beaches on Bloody Reach, also known as the Cowpath, near Burnside, was occupied by the Maritime Archaic about 5000 years ago and by their successors, including the historic Beothuk, up to about 250 years ago.

The Beaches has yielded artifacts from all the major cultures and traditions known to have lived in Newfoundland up to the time of European contact.

It is thus one of the most significant archaeological sites in the province. Artifacts from the Bloody Reach archaeological sites are available for viewing at the burnside archaeology centre in town and boat tours are also available to view the archacological sites nearby.

Both Burnside and St. Chad's are not municipalities under the Municipalities Act. They are "grouped" together for the purpose of census taking as a "designated place".

The population in 2016 was 95, a 4.4% increase from the 91 counted in 2011.

Used with permission from "Uncovering the Origin of 1001 Unique Place Names in Newfoundland and Labrador" 2021 Jennifer Leigh Hill

Address of this page: http://nl.ruralroutes.com/BurnsideNL