Gondola Point is a Canadian suburban community located in
Kings County Kings County or King's County may refer to:
Places Canada
*Kings County, New Brunswick
*Kings County, Nova Scotia
*Kings County, Prince Edward Island
** King's County (electoral district), abolished in 1892
Ireland
* County Offaly, formerly call ...
,
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 ...
.
Formerly an incorporated village, it was amalgamated with the town of
Quispamsis
Quispamsis (, sometimes shortened to ) is a Kings County suburb of Saint John, New Brunswick, located to the northeast in the lower Kennebecasis River valley. Its population was 18,768 as of the 2021 census.
History
The original inhabita ...
in 1998.
Geography
Gondola Point is located in the southeast of the country, 800 km east of
Ottawa
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...
.
Surroundings are quite densely populated, with 222 inhabitants per square kilometer. The area is a part of the
hemiboreal
Hemiboreal means halfway between the temperate and subarctic (or boreal) zones. The term is most frequently used in the context of climates and ecosystems.
Botany
A hemiboreal forest has some characteristics of a boreal forest to the north, and ...
climate zone. the average annual temperature in the area is 5 °C. The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is 18 °C, and the coldest is January, with -12 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1,789 millimetres. The rainiest month is December, with an average of 257 mm of precipitation, and the driest is August, with 80 mm of precipitation.
Notable people
See also
*
List of Neighbourhoods in New Brunswick
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
Neighbourhoods in New Brunswick
Populated places disestablished in 1998
Former villages in New Brunswick
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