Above: Sod turning for the Fish Plant
December 18, 1951 | Date of Incorporation |
1951 | 1st Town budget – $8,000.00 |
1951 | 1st Poll Tax – $5.00/Year |
March 10, 1951 | 1st Mayor – Dr. Chester Harris |
March 10, 1952 | 1st Municipal Election |
1954 | 1st Town Office |
November 24, 1954 | 1st Public Library opened |
1955 | 1st bridge connecting Little Bay north and South was constructed |
1955 | 1st Sea Cadet Corp started |
August 24, 1956 | Construction started on Canning Bridge |
1959 | Electricity arrived |
September 1959 | Canning Bridge opened |
1959 | Holy Name of Mary Regional School opened |
1959 | 1st Garbage Collection |
1961 | 1st Fire Chief – Alex Stapleton |
June 25, 1962 | C.H.C.M. Radio Station opened |
1962 | Telephone lines installed |
1963 | 1st Telephone Office opened |
March 9, 1965 | Ward System abolished, Marystown North and South merge |
1966 | 1st Town Manager – Arthur Colbourne |
1966 | 1st Recreation Director – Terry Mallay |
1966 | 1st Water Supply |
1966 | Marystown Shipyard, construction started |
1966 | Fish Plant, construction started |
August 23, 1966 | Mooring Cove joins Marystown |
November 8, 1966 | Little Bay joins Marystown |
April 11, 1967 | Creston North joins Marystown |
June 3, 1967 | Creston South joins Marystown |
October 1967 | 1st Fire Truck |
1967 | Marystown Shipyard opened |
1967 | Fish Plant opened |
1967 | 1st pavement between Marystown and Burin, starting at Canning Bridge |
July 1, 1968 | Centennial Field opened by visiting NHL Star Marcel Pronovost |
June 20, 1968 | 1st Marystown Sports Commission elected |
September 30, 1969 | 1st Tax Deadline established |
1969 | 1st motel opened, Motel Mortier |
1969 | Marystown Mall opened |
1970 | Swimming Pool opened |
1970 | 1st newspaper published in Marystown |
December 1972 | Memorial Library opened |
September 1972 | Marystown Central High School opened |
1974 | Little League Ball Park opened |
December 26, 1975 | Marystown Arena opened |
1976 | Our Lady of Mary Monument erected |
May 9, 1977 | Ministerial Order allowing separate election of Mayor |
1978 | Kinsmen Softball Field opened |
1979 | Peninsula Mall opened |
1979 | Ville Marie Swimming Pool, first indoor pool, opened |
1980 | Track & Field completed |
November 11, 1980 | War Memorial unveiled |
1981 | 1st traffic lights (McGettigan Boulevard/Columbia Drive/Penney Street) |
1982 | Elementary School opened |
1984 | Town Garage constructed |
1985 | Cow Head Facility constructed |
1988 | Municipal Waste Disposal Site opened |
April 3, 1986 | RCMP Detachment opened |
1988 | Creston Causeway constructed |
1988 | Little Bay Bridge |
1989 | Creston Causeway |
1991 | 1st Come Home Year Celebration |
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