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Miramichi—Grand Lake
Miramichi—Grand Lake is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick. Miramichi—Grand Lake was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and has been legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015. The riding succeeded the Miramichi riding (83%), and incorporated small portions of Fredericton (10%), Beauséjour (6%), and Tobique—Mactaquac (1%). History Northumberland (later known as Northumberland-Miramichi) was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988. It was replaced by Miramichi riding, which was represented in the House of Commons from 1988 to 2015. The Miramichi riding consisted of the entirety of Northumberland County and the area around Kouchibouguac National Park, adding in 2003 the Belledune area of Restigouche County and Gloucester County as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Stewart (politician)
Jake Daniel Stewart (born March 10, 1978) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2010 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Southwest Miramichi as a member of the Progressive Conservatives. He resigned on August 17, 2021 and was elected the Conservative Member of Parliament for the riding of Miramichi—Grand Lake on September 20, 2021. Political career Stewart entered municipal politics in 2008, having run for the office of councillor in his hometown of Blackville. In 2010, he entered provincial politics, and defeated incumbent Liberal MLA Rick Brewer, who at that time was the Minister of Human Resources. Stewart was a member of the Standing Committees on Education, Private Bills, Procedure, Public Accounts, and Chaired the Standing Committee on Legislative Officers. He has also been appointed by Jody Carr Jody Rochelle Carr (born July 3, 1975) is a Canadian politician. He is a former member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatham Parish, New Brunswick
Chatham is a civil parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Miramichi and the local service district of the parish of Chatham, both of which are members of the Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission (GMRSC). Origin of name The parish was named in honour of the Earl of Chatham, a title held at the time by General John Pitt, or for his father, former British Prime Minister Pitt the Elder. The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick gives British Prime Minister Pitt the Younger as the inspiration of the name, but erroneously gives him the title of Earl of Chatham, which he never held. He died in office in 1806. Six of the nine Northumberland County parishes erected simultaneously in 1814 were named for military figures of the Napoleonic Wars or British politicians associated with the military. The strongest case might be for the parish's eponym might be General Pitt, who was Master-General of the O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neguac, New Brunswick
Neguac is a Canadian village in Northumberland County, New Brunswick. Geography Situated on the north shore of Miramichi Bay at the southern end of the Acadian Peninsula, the village is located 44 kilometres northeast of Miramichi. Approximately 92 percent of its residents are francophone. History Neguac calls itself the "Savoie Capital of Canada", as most Acadians with that surname trace their ancestry to the Neguac area. The first settlers in the village, Jean Savoie and his family, arrived in the area in 1757, two years after the Expulsion of the Acadians. In 2007, the community celebrated its 250th anniversary and 40th anniversary of incorporation. Economy The local economy is based on fishing and forestry, of which oyster farming and lobster fishing are the main industry. Seasonally, from August to mid-September blueberries are harvested, and from late October to early December Christmas wreaths are made and sold around Canada and the Continental United States, these in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miramichi, New Brunswick
Miramichi () is the largest city in northern New Brunswick, Canada. It is situated at the mouth of the Miramichi River where it enters Miramichi Bay. The Miramichi Valley is the second longest valley in New Brunswick, after the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), Saint John River Valley. Neighbourhoods The city of Miramichi was formed in 1995 through the forced Municipal amalgamations in New Brunswick, amalgamation of two towns, Newcastle, New Brunswick, Newcastle and Chatham, New Brunswick, Chatham, and several smaller communities, including Douglastown, New Brunswick, Douglastown, Loggieville, New Brunswick, Loggieville, and Nelson-Miramichi, New Brunswick, Nelson. Also the local service districts of Nordin, New Brunswick, Nordin, Moorefield, New Brunswick, Moorefield, Chatham Head, New Brunswick, Chatham Head, and Douglasfield, New Brunswick, Douglasfield. The amalgamation also included portions of the former local service district of Ferry Road-Russellville (Now separated and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minto, New Brunswick
Minto (2016 pop. 2,305) is a Canadian village straddling the border of Sunbury County and Queens County, New Brunswick. It is located on the north shore of Grand Lake, approximately 50 kilometres northeast of Fredericton. Its population meets the requirements for "town" status under the Municipalities Act of the Province of New Brunswick, but the community has not made any change in municipal status. Minto is known to have taken its present name in 1904 upon the retirement of Canada's eighth Governor General, The Earl of Minto. and the story remains that the village adopted its name from the local Minto Hotel. From the ''St. John Daily Sun'' of 1903: "Just how the name of Minto came to be adopted is said to have occurred in this way. A letter which was sent from Moncton to Mr. Kennedy was enclosed in an envelope which bore the name of the Minto hotel, Moncton. The family thought Minto a good name for their hotel, and so it was named. Then the people generally adopted the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maugerville Parish, New Brunswick
Maugerville (, MAJOR-ville) is a civil parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the local service districts of Noonan and the parish of Maugerville (which further includes the special service area of Inner Maugerville), both of which are members of Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11). Origin of name The parish was named in honour of Joshua Mauger, Nova Scotia's agent in England and first name on the list of grantees in the township. History Maugerville was first established in 1765 as a township of Nova Scotia. The boundaries were significantly different, including part of Sheffield Parish but not extending as far inland. Maugerville was erected in 1786 as one of Sunbury County's original parishes. In 1850 Maugerville was extended to the county line, adding unassigned land to its rear. Boundaries Maugerville Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 96, 105, 106, 114, 115, 116, 126, and 127 at same site. Rema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huskisson Parish, New Brunswick
Huskisson is a civil parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes the northern part of the parish is within the village of Five Rivers while most belongs to the Kent rural district; both are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was part of the local service district of the parish of Harcourt. References to an LSD of Huskisson on provincial governance reforms maps are erroneous. Origin of name The parish was named in honour of William Huskisson, President of the Board of Trade at the time of its erection and one of the plenipotentiaries of boundary negotiations with the United States in 1826. Addington Parish was named at the same time for the other British plenipotentiary, Henry Unwin Addington. History In 1827 Huskisson was erected from unassigned territory north of the Richibucto River, comprising a shallower area than it has today. In 1850 the southern boundary was altered to run du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardwicke Parish, New Brunswick
Hardwicke is a civil parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is part of the Greater Miramichi and Kent rural districts, which are members of the Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission and Kent RSC respectively. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the local service districts of Baie Ste. Anne, Black River-Hardwicke, Escuminac, and the parish of Hardwicke. The reforms put Black River-Hardwicke and the Miramichi Bay islands of the parish LSD in the Greater Miramichi rural district, with the remainder going to Kent. Origin of name The parish may have been named in honour of the Earl of Hardwicke, a prominent commander in the Royal Navy at the time of its erection. More frequently cited as the honouree is Benjamin Hardwick, a contributor to Church of England missions in the area; the extra letter in the name would then be due to clerical error. History Hardwicke was erected in 1852 from the eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harcourt Parish, New Brunswick
Harcourt is a List of parishes in New Brunswick, civil parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Five Rivers, New Brunswick, Five Rivers in along part of the eastern boundary, the village of and Grand Lake, New Brunswick, Grand Lake along New Brunswick Route 116, Route 116 on the western boundary, with the Kent rural district comprising the remainder. Five Rivers and the rural district are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission and Grand Lake belongs to the Capital Region RSC. Prior to the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reform, 2023 governance reform, the parish formed the southern part of the Local service district (New Brunswick), local service district of the parish of Harcourt. Origin of name The parish was named in honour of William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt, Earl Harcourt, a Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal of the British Army at the time of its erec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenelg Parish, New Brunswick
Glenelg is a civil parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Miramichi and the local service districts of Black River-Hardwicke, St. Margarets, and the parish of Glenelg, all of which are members of the Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission (GMRSC). Origin of name The parish was named in honour of Charles Grant, one of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury when the parish was erected. Grant was entitled as a Lord Commissioner to be addressed as Lord, and chose to be titled ''Baron Glenelg, of Glenelg in the County of Inverness'' when raised to the peerage in 1835. History Glenelg was erected in 1814 from Newcastle Parish. The southwestern line was further east, along the prolongation of a line about 300 metres west of Harper Road in Miramichi. Glenelg contained almost all of Hardwicke Parish until 1852 and the Rosaireville area of Rogersville Parish until 1900. Boundaries Glenelg Parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eel Ground 2
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage and are usually predators. The term "eel" is also used for some other eel-shaped fish, such as electric eels (genus ''Electrophorus''), spiny eels (family Mastacembelidae), swamp eels (family Synbranchidae), and deep-sea spiny eels (family Notacanthidae). However, these other clades evolved their eel-like shapes independently from the true eels. Eels live both in salt and fresh water, and some species are catadromous. Description Eels are elongated fish, ranging in length from in the one-jawed eel (''Monognathus ahlstromi'') to in the slender giant moray. Adults range in weight from to well over . They possess no pelvic fins, and many species also lack pectoral fins. The dorsal and anal fins are fused with the caudal fin, forming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doaktown, New Brunswick
Doaktown (2016 population: 792) is a Canadian village in Northumberland County, New Brunswick. History Situated on the Southwest Miramichi River and first settled in 1807 as a base for the growing lumber industry in central New Brunswick, United Empire Loyalists, led by Ephraim Betts and the big-town bogey boys, came to the area after the American Revolutionary War and pooled their money for a land grant, which was ultimately declined. Following this, Betts and the BBB claimed the land for their own anyway, and nobody did anything. Later, when the Doak family moved to the area from Ayrshire, Scotland, Ephraim was experiencing financial difficulty. Robert Doak was able to purchase a large amount of the original land grant and build a farm and grist mill on the property.. Robert Doak became a prominent citizen as the population grew. He served with the government in several capacities, including magistrate and justice of the peace. The community was named Doakton in his honour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
