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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Prehistory and early history=== | |||
[[File:Newfoundland_in_1911,_being_the_coronation_year_of_King_George_V._and_the_opening_of_the_second_decade_of_the_twentieth_century_(1911)_(14780178554).jpg|250px|thumb|left|View of Odvarsson House, 1911]] | |||
The site of Gateway was traditionally inhabited by [[Native Surrowese]], with the first evidence of human habitation dating back to around 2,500 years {{wp|before present}} by the {{wp|Pre-Dorset culture|Pre-Armin culture}}, with Pre-Armin artefacts found as late as the third century BCE. This was followed by the {{wp|Dorset culture|Armin culture}}, who inhabited present-day Gateway from between 500 BCE and 500-600 AD, when the {{wp|Thule people|Proto-Itchalnu}} inhabited the area, inhabiting the area until around 1300-1330 when the {{wp|Innu people|Chequan}} arrived onto [[Holcot Island]] and expanded up the island. Due to its location near the [[Tapishko Pass]], the area around present-day Gateway has long been the site of a trail linking present-day [[Tern Harbour]] with [[Gisborne Reed]]. | |||
The first Auressian settlement in present-day Gateway was in 1679, when [[Elcid Barrett]] built a {{wp|log cabin}} next to [[Tern Lake]]. Due to its location along the trail between Tern Harbour and Gisborne Reed, Barrett's cabin functioned as a {{wp|bothy|shelter}} for travellers travelling between the western and eastern coast of Holcot Island. However, Barrett's son abandoned the cabin in 1701, as the land was "not suitable for any human habitation," and by the 1760s, in the aftermath of the [[Eleven Years' War (Levilion)|Eleven Years' War]], a traveler noted that Barrett's cabin was "in poor condition but still used by people travelling westwards or eastwards, as it is virtually suicide for anyone to dare to circumnavigate the island by sea." | |||
In 1843, [[Rolf Odvarsson]] from Tern Harbour secured title of the area around Barrett's abandoned cabin, demolished it, and built a {{wp|health resort}} in its place to "ground the body and soul so that it may heal any ailments and ensure that their souls may be able to reach the fields." Odvarsson's resort, known as [[Odvarsson House]] became a success, particularly in Tern Harbour, but also elsewhere, as its location "in the forests of {{wp|krummholz|tuckamore}} next to fresh water, with a very cool climate and away from the heavy air" was believed to be conducive to the health of its patients. | |||
By 1850, Odvarsson House reached a summer population of around 300 population, and a permanent year-round population of 30 people, most of whom were responsible for maintaining Odvarsson House itself and its associated amenities, although some of Odvarsson House's year-round population were "people of very fragile constitution who must stay at Odvarsson House." Its population would remain stable, although its economic importance grew as the trail between Tern Harbour and Gisborne Reed became a proper road and a {{wp|coaching inn}} was established to take advantage of the cross-island traffic. | |||
Odvarsson House continued to operate as a health resort until the early twentieth century when it started facing financial difficulty, both due to a renovation to expand it in 1884 under Rolf's son, [[Niels Odvarsson]], a sluggish economy after the [[Great Fire of 1886 (Holcot Inlet)|Great Fire of 1886]] in [[Holcot Inlet]], and advances in medicine which led to a decline in its clientele, and to a declining summer population: by 1901, its year-round population was 34 people, but the census noted during the summer, its population was "around two hundred to two hundred fifty people". With the outbreak of the [[First Great War (Levilion)|First Great War]] in 1908, Odvarsson House was converted the following year into a coaching inn, which put the nearby coaching inn out of business. However, Odvarsson House did not make as much money as a coaching inn than it did as a health resort, and Odvarsson House closed permanently in 1912. | |||
This led to a significant population decline: by the 1921 census, its permanent population fell to only 8 people, with most of them "working at a {{wp|roadhouse (premises)|roadhouse}}" that was set up at the coaching house that was closed in 1909, and [[Prime Minister of Surrow|Prime Minister]] [[Clarence Bradley]] wrote in 1927 about a trip to Odvarsson House that: | |||
<blockquote>"''If I had not known about the Odvarsson's once-grand health resort along the shores of Tern Lake, and if I had not known of it in its glory days, I would have believed, with all my heart, that Odvarsson House was completely unchanged since the first man stepped foot on this land centuries ago''."</blockquote> | |||
===Boom years=== | |||
===Modern era=== | |||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
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===Healthcare=== | ===Healthcare=== | ||
There is one hospital in Gateway, [[ | There is one hospital in Gateway, [[Rolf Odvarsson Hospital]], although for cases too complicated to be treated in Gateway, it will send patients to Holcot Inlet. | ||
===Transportation=== | ===Transportation=== | ||
Revision as of 22:36, 30 November 2024
Gateway | |
|---|---|
City | |
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| Motto: Gateway to the World | |
| Country |  Surrow |
| County | Tuckamore County |
| Founded | 1938 |
| Incorporated | 1949 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | TBD |
| Population (2021) | |
| • City | 11,688 |
| • Rank | 3rd in Surrow |
| • Urban | 11,688 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (Surrowese Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | not observed |
Gateway (Chequan: Ussiteshiuakamau) is the third-largest city of Surrow, the second-largest city on Holcot Island, and the largest city in Tuckamore County. (TBC)
Etymology
- named because the airport makes it the gateway to Surrow
The Chequan name for Gateway is Ussiteshiuakamau, meaning a lake covered with water lily leaves. This name is the Chequan name for Tern Lake, whose northern shore is home to Gateway, and the name has since been applied to the settlement that arose along the lake by Chequan speakers.
History
Prehistory and early history
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The site of Gateway was traditionally inhabited by Native Surrowese, with the first evidence of human habitation dating back to around 2,500 years before present by the Pre-Armin culture, with Pre-Armin artefacts found as late as the third century BCE. This was followed by the Armin culture, who inhabited present-day Gateway from between 500 BCE and 500-600 AD, when the Proto-Itchalnu inhabited the area, inhabiting the area until around 1300-1330 when the Chequan arrived onto Holcot Island and expanded up the island. Due to its location near the Tapishko Pass, the area around present-day Gateway has long been the site of a trail linking present-day Tern Harbour with Gisborne Reed.
The first Auressian settlement in present-day Gateway was in 1679, when Elcid Barrett built a log cabin next to Tern Lake. Due to its location along the trail between Tern Harbour and Gisborne Reed, Barrett's cabin functioned as a shelter for travellers travelling between the western and eastern coast of Holcot Island. However, Barrett's son abandoned the cabin in 1701, as the land was "not suitable for any human habitation," and by the 1760s, in the aftermath of the Eleven Years' War, a traveler noted that Barrett's cabin was "in poor condition but still used by people travelling westwards or eastwards, as it is virtually suicide for anyone to dare to circumnavigate the island by sea."
In 1843, Rolf Odvarsson from Tern Harbour secured title of the area around Barrett's abandoned cabin, demolished it, and built a health resort in its place to "ground the body and soul so that it may heal any ailments and ensure that their souls may be able to reach the fields." Odvarsson's resort, known as Odvarsson House became a success, particularly in Tern Harbour, but also elsewhere, as its location "in the forests of tuckamore next to fresh water, with a very cool climate and away from the heavy air" was believed to be conducive to the health of its patients.
By 1850, Odvarsson House reached a summer population of around 300 population, and a permanent year-round population of 30 people, most of whom were responsible for maintaining Odvarsson House itself and its associated amenities, although some of Odvarsson House's year-round population were "people of very fragile constitution who must stay at Odvarsson House." Its population would remain stable, although its economic importance grew as the trail between Tern Harbour and Gisborne Reed became a proper road and a coaching inn was established to take advantage of the cross-island traffic.
Odvarsson House continued to operate as a health resort until the early twentieth century when it started facing financial difficulty, both due to a renovation to expand it in 1884 under Rolf's son, Niels Odvarsson, a sluggish economy after the Great Fire of 1886 in Holcot Inlet, and advances in medicine which led to a decline in its clientele, and to a declining summer population: by 1901, its year-round population was 34 people, but the census noted during the summer, its population was "around two hundred to two hundred fifty people". With the outbreak of the First Great War in 1908, Odvarsson House was converted the following year into a coaching inn, which put the nearby coaching inn out of business. However, Odvarsson House did not make as much money as a coaching inn than it did as a health resort, and Odvarsson House closed permanently in 1912.
This led to a significant population decline: by the 1921 census, its permanent population fell to only 8 people, with most of them "working at a roadhouse" that was set up at the coaching house that was closed in 1909, and Prime Minister Clarence Bradley wrote in 1927 about a trip to Odvarsson House that:
"If I had not known about the Odvarsson's once-grand health resort along the shores of Tern Lake, and if I had not known of it in its glory days, I would have believed, with all my heart, that Odvarsson House was completely unchanged since the first man stepped foot on this land centuries ago."
Boom years
Modern era
Geography
situated on Tern Lake, very rocky, full of krummholz
Climate
colder than Holcot Inlet, warmer than Tulaktarvik
Demographics
As of the 2021 census, Gateway's population was 11,688 people, making Gateway the third-largest city in Surrow after Holcot Inlet and Tulaktarvik, and the largest settlement in Surrow to not be a county seat.
Racially, the largest group in Gateway are Auressian-Surrowese, with 11,655 people, or around 99.7% of the population. Estimates suggest that TBD are of Rythenan descent, TBD are of Tyrnican origin, and TBD belong to other Auressian groups. The next largest racial group are other racial groups, with 18 people, or around 0.2% of the city's population belong to other racial groups. The smallest racial group are Native Surrowese, with 15 people, or around 0.1% of the city's population, with estimates that 100% of the Native Surrowese population in Gateway are of Chequan descent.
Religiously, Gateway is majority-Perendist, with 11,331 people, or around 97% of the city's population following Perendism. 332 people, or around 2.8% of the city's population are irreligious, while 25 people, or around 0.2% of the city's population follow other religions.
Linguistically, TBC.
Economy
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is basically reliant on the airport, plus stuff that sprung up around the airport
Culture
Government
Gateway's municipal government is structured on a mayor-council system, with the Mayor being directly elected by the citizens, along with a representative to the five-member Gateway City Council. The current Mayor of Gateway is Jasmine Block, who was first elected in 2022 after succeeding long-term incumbent Bill Wirz, who served as mayor since 1998.
As the largest city in Tuckamore County, Gateway is represented by seven of the nine members of the Tuckamore County Council.
On the national level, Gateway is represented by seven seats in the Surrowese Parliament. Of the seven seats, six are from the United People's Party, and one is from the Alliance of Cooperativists and Trade Unionists.
Infrastructure
Education
Public primary and secondary education is provided by Tuckamore County, with the county government operating two primary schools and a secondary school, which all follow the Surrowese curriculum.
There is no institutions that offer post-secondary education in Gateway, with graduates usually going to Holcot Inlet to further their education.
Healthcare
There is one hospital in Gateway, Rolf Odvarsson Hospital, although for cases too complicated to be treated in Gateway, it will send patients to Holcot Inlet.
Transportation
Highway 1 goes through it, airport is also there
Media
in range of SBC transmitters that serves Hairings Harbour which also serves Tern Harbour, locals can also receive the Holcot Inlet papers