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Inkerman is a community in the Canadian province of
Inkerman is a community in the Canadian province of 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 Inkerman Lake. It is located mainly on Route 113.
History
The place is named after theBattle of Inkerman
The Battle of Inkerman was fought during the Crimean War on 5 November 1854 between the allied armies of Britain and France against the Imperial Russian Army. The battle broke the will of the Russian Army to defeat the allies in the field, an ...
in the Crimean War
The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia.
Geopolitical causes of the war included the ...
.
The area was once served by the Caraquet and Gulf Shore Railway The Caraquet and Gulf Shore Railway was a short line railway on the south shore of Chaleur Bay in New Brunswick that ran for 75 miles between Bathurst and Tracadie with a spur line to Shippagan. Completed in 1890, it became part of the Canadian N ...
, a section of which ran between Tracadie and Shippagan
Shippagan is a Canadian town within Shippegan Parish, Gloucester County, New Brunswick.
The parish retains the original English spelling, while the town officially adopted the colloquial French spelling on 1 July 1981.
Shippagan was great ...
. In 2017, a 500 metre former railway bridge, then being used as part of the Sentier NB Trail
The Sentier NB Trail is a network of hiking trails in New Brunswick, Canada built on abandoned railways. The trails are mostly closed to motorized vehicles. The network is operated by the New Brunswick Trails Council, a non-profit organization. So ...
, was destroyed by fire.
Notable people
See also
* Inkerman Parish * List of communities in New BrunswickReferences