Dildo, Newfoundland and Labrador
Dildo 47°33.82′N 53°32.77′W / 47.56367°N 53.54617°W, is a town on the southeastern Dildo Arm of Trinity Bay on the island of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is about 100 kilometres west-northwest of St. John's. South Dildo is a neighbouring unincorporated community.
Dildo
Dildo was founded in the early 1800s to exploit to the abundance of marine resources such as fish, whales, and seals. Fish processing and local small business are major employers.
Dildo has a fast-growing tourist industry. Dildo offers picturesque scenery, several bed and breakfasts, the Dildo Museum interpretive centre, the Historic Dildo Days celebration in August, the first cod hatchery in the province on Dildo Island, and a replica of a giant squid caught in Dildo in 1933. Dildo won the Harrowsmith Magazine Award in 2001 as one of the ten prettiest small towns in Canada.
Dildo, as you may know, has an unusual name, a name that has attracted certain amounts of attention. Dildos are the traditional name for the two round pegs in a dory (small traditional rowboat) which braces the oars when rowing. Other suggestion are that "Dildo" may derive from a place name in Spain or Portugal; the name of a tree; or the shape of the headland.
Residents of Dildo are called Dildoians.
Dildo achieved greater notoriety when it was mentioned in the song A Night in Dildo by the Canadian musical comedy group The Arrogant Worms. A Night in Dildo mentions Dildo as one of many examples of real, but amusing, Newfoundland placenames.
South Dildo
South Dildo is an unincorporated community with a 1991 population of 272. At the beginning of the twentieth century, South Dildo (pop. 62) was primarily involved in lumbering and supplied one schooner to the Labrador fishery. South Dildo has the roadside attraction of a wooden lifesize humpback whale head and a seal pelt tannery.
See also
- List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Conception Bay
- Avalon Peninsula
- Newfoundland
- Newfoundland and Labrador