The History of Burlington: The Lives We Lived

Burlington is a community with a long and interesting history, and in 2006, members of the Burlington CAP Site produced The History of Burlingon: The Lives We Lived. They endevoured to chroncicle Burlington's past, and did so with the help of many residents. With those stories, plus government records, and patience, they compiled this book. What follows is the internet version, based on the 2nd edition (revised in 2007). Townofburlington.ca thanks Josh Thomas, April Kelly, Robin Lush, Jordan Foster, and all others who volunteered their time.

History

Burlington, formally known as North West Arm, came into known existence around the early 1800s, when the White family settled in what they called White's Point. At the time, residents stuck "North West Arm" on the land, and it was called that from its beginning until the year 1914 or 1915, when other residents decided that the name must be changed. Government records lead us to think that the change took place in 1915, since this was the year "Burlington" is used on their writings, however some people still think it took place in 1914.

The People

In 1855 when Mr. Joseph Green went to Shoe Cover from St. John’s, there was one family living in North West Arm (later renamed to Burlington) -this was the family of Mr. White. There is no record to who Mr. White was, where he came from nor where he went to after he left. When Mr. Green took his family to North West Arm the following year, there was a month before Mrs. Green saw another woman, so it had seemed that Mr. White and his family had left. The next family who arrived to this growing town was the Mills family from Tizzard’s Harbour. Shortly after the Mills’, the Perry family came from Indian Islands. The Dwyer family moved in from Hillview, Trinity Bay and the Robbins family came from Bonavista.