Fredericton Junction (2016 population: 704)
is a Canadian village in
Sunbury County
Sunbury County (2016 population 27,644) is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. A large military base (CFB Gagetown) is located in the western part of the county south of the town of Oromocto. The county also hosts forestry and mixed farm ...
,
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 ...
.
Located on the North Branch of the
Oromocto River
The Oromocto River is a tributary of the Saint John River in southwest New Brunswick, Canada.
The Oromocto River is formed by the combination of the North and South Branches near Fredericton Junction, and flows north-northeast for to its mout ...
in the western part of the county, the village is approximately southwest of
Fredericton.
History
The community was originally named Hartt's Mills but was renamed in 1869 when the
European and North American Railway
The European and North American Railway (E&NA) is the name for three historic Canadian and American railways which were built in New Brunswick and Maine.
The idea of the E&NA as a single system was conceived at a railway conference in Portland, M ...
(Western Extension) was opened between
Saint John and
Vanceboro, Maine
Vanceboro is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The town was named after landowner William Vance. The main village in town is located at the eastern terminus of Maine State Route 6. Vanceboro is across the St. Croix River from ...
, meeting the
Fredericton Branch Railway The Fredericton Branch Railway is an historic Canadian railway that operated in New Brunswick.
Incorporation
The Fredericton Railway Company pre-dated Confederation and was incorporated in 1866 to build a railway line from the European and North A ...
which ran from this junction into Fredericton.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada, Fredericton Junction had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
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Notable people
See also
* List of communities in New Brunswick
References
Communities in Sunbury County, New Brunswick
Villages in New Brunswick
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