title: Gander Bay South
text: # Gander Bay South
  
  Gander Bay South is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Gander Bay was a small place in the Fogo and Twillingate area in 1864. It was north of Gander. The way office opened in 1885 and the first waymaster was John Bursey. It became a post office on May 30, 1891, and the first postmaster was James Rowsell. It had no population after 1940. They moved to Gander Bay South.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Gander Bay South is in Newfoundland within Subdivision L of Division No. 8.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gander Bay South recorded a population of 325 living in 124 of its 138 total private dwellings, a change of 4.5% from its 2011 population of 311. With a land area of 5.31 $km^2$ (2.05 sq mi), it had a population density of $61.2/km^2$ (158.5/sq mi) in 2016.
  
  ## Government
  
  Gander Bay South is a local service district (LSD) that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. The chair of the LSD committee is Marvin Hodder.
  
  