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Botwood, NL, Town, pop 3052 (2006c), 3221 (2001c), inc 1960. Botwood is located in the Bay of Exploits, a long arm of NOTRE DAME BAY on the north coast of Newfoundland. It was an anchorage for explorers of the Exploits River, and DEMASDUWIT died there in 1820 on board John Buchan's ship while waiting to be returned to Red Indian Lake. Known as Ship Cove when it was settled as a sawmilling centre in the 1870s and 1880s, it was soon after renamed Botwoodville, and later Botwood, for Reverend Edward Botwood (1828-1901).
In 1910 it became the shipping port for paper carried by rail from Grand Falls (now GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR) and BISHOP'S FALLS and, after 1928, for ore from Buchans. Periodically during the 1920s and 1930s it was a seaplane base for local aviation and a stopover for many transatlantic flights until the opening of Gander airport. Today Botwood is an important regional service centre and year-round transhipment base for many commodities.
 Botwood
Author
ROBERT D. PITT
Links to Other Sites
Botwood
An information site about the Town of Botwood.
Botwood: History of an Airport
This site explores Botwood's important role in Canadian aviation history. Features an extensive online archive of photos, stories, and more. A Virtual Museum website.
Botwood
The official website for the Town of Botwood, a historic community in Exploits Valley. This site offers a guide to the many local tourist attractions and a review of major events in its long history, including the fate of the local Beothuk community, the early European settlements, the flying boat era, the wartime role of the Botwood airbase, and much more.
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