Peterview, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Peterview is a town located in the Exploits Valley area of central Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, where Peters River empties into the Bay of Exploits, just south of Botwood, off Route 350.
Originally named Peters Arm, the community was incorporated as the Town of Peterview in 1962. The current mayor is Jim Samson and the deputy mayor is Monnie Burt. According to the 2001 Statistics Canada census, Peterview has a population of 811 with 274 private dwellings.
Peterview has connections to Demasduwit (Mary March), a figure in Newfoundland history and one of the last Beothuk Indians, as John Peyton, one of her captors, built the first house in the area.
| Northwest: Division No. 6, Subd. C | North: Botwood, Northern Arm | Northeast: Division No. 6, Subd. D |
| West: Division No. 6, Subd. C | Peterview | East: Division No. 6, Subd. D |
| Southwest: Bishop's Falls, Grand Falls-Windsor | South: Division No. 6, Subd. D | Southeast: Norris Arm |
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