Burlington: Located just north of Middle Arm, on Northwest Arm, one finds the second community of importance in this area - Burlington.

According to the Dorset Trail Tourism Association website, Burlington (which was originally known as the town of Northwest Arm) was at one time "the commercial centre of the peninsula, which at that time was called the Burlington Peninsula".

Northwest Arm was renamed Burlington in 1914 or 1915, a time that the Post Office was renaming towns to lessen confusion between towns that had the same name, or similar name.

Why Burlington was chosen in unknown. Unfortunately, in August 1933, Burlington was destroyed by an enormous fire that not only destroyed homes, but also businesses such as the local sawmills), livestock and valuable timber.

As the early 1930s were the years of the worldwide "Great Depression" many people in the town chose not to rebuild and instead moved to new locations to make a "new start" elsewhere.

There is no conclusive evidence on where the name came from, however, there could be two possibilities. Was it, by chance, named after Burlington, Ontario? Probably very unlikely!

Or was it named after Bridlington, Yorkshire, England?

Probably not much more likely! Research could not uncover "who" renamed the community or "why". The population of Burlington in 2016 was 314, a 10.0% decrease from 2011 when 349 residents were recorded.

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/BurlingtonNL