Carlingford is a Canadian rural community in
Victoria County Victoria County is the name of several locations:
In Australia:
*Victoria County, Western Australia
* County of Victoria, South Australia
In Canada:
* Victoria County, New Brunswick
* Municipality of the County of Victoria and the eponymous histo ...
,
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
on the
Canada–United States border between
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...
and New Brunswick. Carlingford is midway between
Perth-Andover
Perth-Andover (2016 population: 1,590) is a village in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Geography
The village is divided by the Saint John River with Perth on the east bank and Andover on the west bank; each was a separate community u ...
and
Fort Fairfield
Fort Fairfield is a town in Aroostook County, eastern Maine, United States, located along the Canada–US border. The population was 3,322 at the 2020 census.
History
Fort Fairfield is named for John Fairfield, 13th and 16th governor of Main ...
on
Route 190, also known as the Fort Road, which ends at the
Canada Border Services Agency inspection station.
A farming community, Carlingford's economy relies heavily on
potato
The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae.
Wild potato species can be found from the southern Unit ...
es.
An
Anglophone
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community, Carlingford students attend classes in Perth-Andover under
School District 14. The schools are
Southern Victoria High School
Southern Victoria High School is a school located in Southern Victoria, New Brunswick. It is located in the Anglophone West School District
Anglophone West is a Canadian school district in New Brunswick.
Anglophone West is an Anglophone dist ...
,
Perth Andover Middle School, and
Andover Elementary School.
History
The area was named after
Carlingford in
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
.
Notable people
Corey Larlee. Corey Larlee moved to Carlingford in 1979 at the age of 3 from Tilly NB. Graduated from SVHS in 1994. From 1996 to 2000 served as an auxiliary constable with the RCMP in Perth-Andover. After the attacks of 9/11 in New York City. Mr. Larlee Joined the United States Marine Corps. During his military duty he served in Iraq and with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit; Special Operations Capable. Earning his second expedition medal on the war on terror. After his Military service he returned home and worked in the State of Maine as a Police officer in various towns to include, Limestone, Washburn, Ashland.
See also
*
List of communities in New Brunswick
References
Communities in Victoria County, New Brunswick
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