Gagetown (2016 population: 711)
is a village in
Queens County,
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 ...
, Canada. It is situated on the west bank of the
Saint John River and is the county's
shire town
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.
History
Acadians
Gagetown was originally named Grimross by the
Acadians
The Acadians (french: Acadiens , ) are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries. Most Acadians live in the region of Acadia, as it is the region where the des ...
and
Maliseet
The Wəlastəkwewiyik, or Maliseet (, also spelled Malecite), are an Algonquian-speaking First Nation of the Wabanaki Confederacy. They are the indigenous people of the Wolastoq ( Saint John River) valley and its tributaries. Their territory ...
, who lived there prior to the
Expulsion of the Acadians
The Expulsion of the Acadians, also known as the Great Upheaval, the Great Expulsion, the Great Deportation, and the Deportation of the Acadians (french: Le Grand Dérangement or ), was the forced removal, by the British, of the Acadian pe ...
. The Raid on Grimross occurred during the
St. John River Campaign
The St. John River campaign occurred during the French and Indian War when Colonel Robert Monckton led a force of 1150 British soldiers to destroy the Acadian settlements along the banks of the Saint John River until they reached the largest v ...
(1758–59). During the
Expulsion of the Acadians
The Expulsion of the Acadians, also known as the Great Upheaval, the Great Expulsion, the Great Deportation, and the Deportation of the Acadians (french: Le Grand Dérangement or ), was the forced removal, by the British, of the Acadian pe ...
, many Acadians fled from various parts of the Maritimes to villages along the Saint John River. The St. John River Campaign occurred during the
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes. At the ...
when Colonel
Robert Monckton
Lieutenant-General Robert Monckton (24 June 1726 – 21 May 1782) was an officer of the British Army and colonial administrator in British North America. He had a distinguished military and political career, being second in command to General Ja ...
led a force of 1,150 British soldiers to destroy the Acadian settlements on the banks of the Saint John River until they reached the largest village of Ste Anne's Point (present day
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Fredericton (; ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River, which flows west to east as it bisects the city. The river is the do ...
) in February 1759. There were 2000 Acadians on the Saint John River, many of whom were refugees trying to escape the
Expulsion of the Acadians
The Expulsion of the Acadians, also known as the Great Upheaval, the Great Expulsion, the Great Deportation, and the Deportation of the Acadians (french: Le Grand Dérangement or ), was the forced removal, by the British, of the Acadian pe ...
.
On November 4, 1758, Robert Monckton entered the nearly vacant village and New England Rangers under his command chased down and scalped Acadians. They burned 50 buildings, crops and killed the animals.
The name of the village is derived from British General
Thomas Gage
General Thomas Gage (10 March 1718/192 April 1787) was a British Army general officer and colonial official best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as British commander-in-chief in the early days of th ...
. Major General Thomas Gage was granted a large tract of land in central New Brunswick in appreciation of his service to the
British Empire
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in the
Seven Years' War
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; this land comprises modern day Gagetown.
Loyalists
It is a historic
Loyalist community that served as a stop for river boats during the 1800s and early 1900s.
The village is the birthplace of Sir
Samuel Leonard Tilley
Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley (May 8, 1818June 25, 1896) was a Canadian politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation. Tilley was descended from United Empire Loyalists on both sides of his family. As a pharmacist, he went into business as a ...
, a
Father of Confederation
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.
Today
The nearby
army
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training centre,
CFB Gagetown
5th Canadian Division Support Base (5 CDSB) Gagetown, formerly known as and commonly referred to as CFB Gagetown, is a large Canadian Forces Base covering an area over , located in southwestern New Brunswick.
Construction of the base
At the ...
, takes its name from the village, although its headquarters are in
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. Despite sharing the name, the village of Gagetown has no direct access to the base and its massive training area.
Every Summer since 2009 a local music & art collective known as FEELS GOOD
and the North Hampton Brewing Company (which produces a local microbrew known as
Picaroons) has produced and hosted a 3-day music festival known as Folly Fest. Folly Fest generally falls on the weekend closest to the split of June & July.
The
Gagetown Ferry The Gagetown Ferry is a cable ferry in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The ferry crosses the Saint John River, linking Gagetown on the west bank with Lower Jemseg on the east bank.
The crossing is in length, taking less than 5 minutes, ...
, formerly a free
cable ferry
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, crossed the Saint John River to
Lower Jemseg on the east bank, but in 2015 the
Liberal Government Liberal government may refer to:
Australia
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* Menzies Government (1949–66), several Australian ministries under S ...
cut the ferry for provincial budget reasons. In 2020, the Gagetown ferry service was restored but only for the summer tourist season.
Climate
Gagetown has a
humid continental climate
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(
Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...
''Dfb'') with warm summers, cold winters and plenty of precipitation year-round. Snowfall is frequent in winter.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Gagetown 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.
Notable people
*
John Montgomery was born in Gagetown. He owned the tavern (Montgomery's Tavern in Toronto, Ontario) which served as a base for the rebels during the Upper Canada Rebellion. His parents were loyalists who fled from New York following the American revolution.
*
Annie Babbitt Bulyea
Annie Babbitt Bulyea (17 September 1863 – 27 August 1934) was a Canadian temperance leader. She was the honorary president of the Dominion Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W. C. T. U.), and president of the Baptist Women's Missionary society ...
(1863-1934) was born in Gagetown. She was a Canadian temperance leader.
See also
*
List of lighthouses in New Brunswick
This is a list of lighthouses in New Brunswick.
Lighthouses
See also
*List of lighthouses in Canada
References
External links
New Brunswick Lighthouses''Lighthouses Friends''. Retrieved 18 February 2017
List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signal ...
*
List of communities in New Brunswick
References
External links
Village of Gagetown
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Communities in Queens County, New Brunswick
Villages in New Brunswick
Lighthouses in New Brunswick