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Roaches Line is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on the western side of Conception Bay and south of Bay Roberts.

Roaches Line (Route 70) connects the Conception Bay Highway (Route 60) at Cupids Crossing and South River with the Trans Canada Highway (Route 1) and Veterans' Memorial Highway (Route 75).

Geography

Roaches Line is in Newfoundland within Subdivision M of Division No. 1.^[1] It is primarily a farming area.

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Roaches Line recorded a population of 276 living in 118 of its 257 total private dwellings, a change of -1.1% from its 2011 population of 279. With a land area of 26.57 km² (10.26 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.4/km² (26.9/sq mi) in 2016.^[2]

Attractions

Roaches Line is known for its landmark life-sized, weathervane horse statue atop a cliff, known locally at "The Look Out".

Government

Roaches Line is a local service district (LSD)^[3] that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community.^[4] The chair of the LSD committee is Morgan Russell.^[3]

Notable people

Joseph R. Smallwood, former premier
Edward J. Russell, farmer
Joseph R. Smallwood II, businessman

References

^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)". Statistics Canada. February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Newfoundland and Labrador)". Statistics Canada. February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Directory of Local Service Districts" (PDF). Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. October 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
^ "Local Service Districts – Frequently Asked Questions". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

v t e Division No. 1, Newfoundland and Labrador (Avalon Peninsula)
Cities	Mount Pearl St. John's
Towns	Admirals Beach Aquaforte Arnold's Cove Avondale Bauline Bay Bulls Bay de Verde Bay Roberts Bishop's Cove Branch Brigus Brigus South Bryant's Cove Cape Broyle Carbonear Chance Cove Chapel Arm Clarke's Beach Colinet Colliers Come By Chance Conception Bay South Conception Harbour Cupids Fermeuse Ferryland Flatrock Fox Harbour Gaskiers–Point La Haye Hant's Harbour Harbour Grace Harbour Main–Chapel's Cove–Lakeview Heart's Content Heart's Delight–Islington Heart's Desire Holyrood Logy Bay–Middle Cove–Outer Cove Long Harbour–Mount Arlington Heights Mount Carmel–Mitchells Brook–St. Catherines New Perlican Norman's Cove–Long Cove North River Old Perlican Paradise Petty Harbour–Maddox Cove Placentia Point Lance Port Kirwan Portugal Cove–St. Philip's Portugal Cove South Pouch Cove Renews–Cappahayden Riverhead St. Bride's St. Joseph's St. Mary's St. Shott's St. Vincent's–St. Stephen's–Peter's River Salmon Cove Small Point–Adam's Cove–Blackhead–Broad Cove South River Southern Harbour Spaniard's Bay Sunnyside Torbay Trepassey Upper Island Cove Victoria Wabana Whitbourne Whiteway Winterton Witless Bay
Unorganized subdivisions	Subdivision A Subdivision B Subdivision C Subdivision D Subdivision E Subdivision F Subdivision G Subdivision H Subdivision I Subdivision J Subdivision K Subdivision L Subdivision M Subdivision N Subdivision O Subdivision R Subdivision U Subdivision V Subdivision W Subdivision X Subdivision Y
Designated places	Bellevue Bellevue Beach Blaketown Brigus Junction Brigus South Burnt Cove, St. Michael's, Bauline South Burnt Point-Gull Island-Northern Bay Calvert Cavendish Dildo Fairhaven Forest Field-New Bridge Freshwater, Conception Bay Georgetown Goulds Grates Cove Green's Harbour Hopeall Lance Cove, Bell Island Little Harbour (East), Placentia Bay Makinsons Markland Marysvale Mobile New Chelsea-New Melbourne-Brownsdale-Sibley's Cove-Lead Cove New Harbour, Trinity Bay North Harbour, St. Mary's Bay O'Donnells Old Shop Patrick's Cove-Angels Cove Roaches Line South Dildo Thornlea Tors Cove
Unincorporated communities	Admiral's Cove Arnold's Cove Station Baccalieu Island Bareneed Black Duck Pond Blow Me Down Bradley's Cove Bristol's Hope Caplin Cove Cuslett Daniel's Cove The Dock Flatrock Goobies Gooseberry Cove Gould's Road Great Barasway Gull Island Hibb's Cove Iona Job's Cove Kingston Little Barasway Little Placentia Sound Lower Island Cove Low Point Mahers Northern Bay Ochre Pit Cove Perry's Cove Point Verde Port de Grave Rantem Red Head Cove Rose au Rue St. Michaels Ship Harbour Swells Cove Trinny Cove Turks Cove Western Bay
See also: Municipalities of St. John's Metropolitan Area Census divisions of Newfoundland and Labrador

Subdivisions of Newfoundland and Labrador

Subdivisions and
statistical units

Communities

Cities

Local service
districts (LSDs)
and designated
places (DPLs)

Both LSDs and DPLs	Aspen Cove Barachois Brook Bartlett's Harbour Bay St. George South Beaches Bear Cove, Northern Peninsula Beau Bois Bellevue Bellevue Beach Benoits Siding Benton Birchy Cove Black Duck Black Duck Brook and Winterhouse Black Duck Cove, Northern Peninsula Black Tickle Blaketown Boyd's Cove Bridgeport Brig Bay Brigus South Brown's Arm Buchans Junction Bunyan's Cove Burgoyne's Cove Burnside-St. Chads Burnt Cove, St. Michael's, Bauline South Burnt Point-Gull Island-Northern Bay Calvert Campbells Creek Canning's Cove Cape Freels North Cape Ray Caplin Cove-Southport Castor River North Castor River South Cavendish Chanceport Charlottetown, Bonavista Bay Cobb's Arm Cottrell's Cove Deadman's Bay Deep Bight Diamond Cove Dildo Dunfield Eddies Cove West Epworth-Great Salmonier Fairbanks-Hillgrade Fairhaven Flat Bay Forest Field-New Bridge Forresters Point Fox Island River-Point au Mal Fox Roost-Margaree Francois Freshwater, Conception Bay Gander Bay North Gander Bay South Garden Cove Georgetown Glovers Harbour Goobies Grates Cove Great Brehat Great Codroy Green Island Brook Green's Harbour Grey River Harbour Mille-Little Harbour East Harry's Harbour Herring Neck Hickman's Harbour-Robinson Bight Hodge's Cove Hopeall Horwood Indian Cove Jackson's Cove-Langdon's Cove-Silverdale Jean de Baie La Poile Lance Cove, Bell Island L'Anse aux Meadows to Quirpon Laurenceton Little Harbour (East), Placentia Bay Little Rapids Little St. Lawrence Lodge Bay Loon Bay Lower Lance Cove Main Point-Davidsville Mainland Makinsons Markland Marysvale Mattis Point McCallum Merritt's Harbour Mobile Moreton's Harbour Nameless Cove New Chelsea-New Melbourne-Brownsdale-Sibley's Cove-Lead Cove New Harbour, Trinity Bay Newman's Cove Newville Noggin Cove Norman's Bay Norris Arm North North Harbour, St. Mary's Bay O'Donnells Old Shop Open Hall-Red Cliffe O'Regan's Central Patrick's Cove-Angels Cove Pensons Arm Petit Forte Petley Phillips Head Piccadilly Head Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove Pidgeon Cove-St. Barbe Pleasantview Plum Point Pollard's Point Port Albert Portland Creek Purcell's Harbour Pynns Brook Random Island West Random Sound West Rattling Brook Reefs Harbour-Shoal Cove West-New Ferolle Roaches Line Rock Harbour Searston Sheaves Cove Sheppardville Ship Cove, Northern Peninsula Ship Cove-Lower Cove-Jerry's Nose Smith's Harbour Smith's Sound Sop's Arm South Dildo South East Bight Spanish Room Spillars Cove St Andrews St. Anthony Bight St. Joseph's Cove-St. Veronica's St. Judes St Patricks St. Teresa Stanhope Stoneville Summerville-Princeton-Southern Bay Swift Current Thornlea Three Rock Cove Tizzard's Harbour Tompkins Tors Cove Upper Amherst Cove Upper Ferry Valley Pond Virgin Arm-Carter's Cove West Bay Wild Cove, White Bay William's Harbour
LSDs only	Biscay Bay Deer Park/Vineland Road Hay Cove Lethbridge to Sweet Bay Noddy Bay Quirpon Shoe Cove (Notre Dame Bay) Straitsview
DPLs only	Bloomfield Brigus Junction Britannia Capstan Island Champneys-English Harbour Croque Deep Bay Fortune Harbour Frederickton Gambo George's Brook Goulds Grand Beach Grand Bruit Harbour Round Humber Village Island Harbour Knights Cove - Stock Cove Ladle Cove Michael's Harbour Millville to Cape Anguille Milton Musgrave Harbour Northwest Brook-Ivany's Cove-Queens Cove Sheshatshiu Snook's Arm St. Juliens Stag Harbour Stephenville Crossing Trinity East