St. George is an unincorporated former town in the Rural Community of Eastern Charlotte, in Charlotte County,

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, Canada. The population was 1,579 in 2021. It is located where the

Magaguadavic River The Magaguadavic River ( ; french: Rivière Magaguadavic) is an historic Canadian river located in the province of New Brunswick. The name "Magaguadavic" is a Maliseet / Passamaquoddy term that is believed to translate into "River of Eels". Descri ...

flows into the

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, between

Passamaquoddy Bay Passamaquoddy Bay (french: Baie de Passamaquoddy) is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy, between the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick, at the mouth of the St. Croix River. Most of the bay lies within Canada, with its w ...

and

Lake Utopia Lake Utopia is located in eastern Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Charlotte County, New Brunswick. The southern shore of the lake is one kilometre northeast of the town of St. George, New Brunswick, St. George. The lake is connected to the Magag ...

. The area was surveyed in 1786. First called Magaguadavic, it was renamed Granite Town after the nearby red-

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quarries. In 1829 it was renamed to the current name, and a post office was established. By 1898 the town's port served the Shore Line Railway, and there were three hotels, four churches, 22 stores, and two mills. It was incorporated as a town in 1904. During the Second World War, two military bases were opened near the town: A Canadian Army training base known as "Camp Utopia" and a RCAF/RAF Air Station at Pennfield Ridge. By the late 1950s, both bases were closed; Camp Utopia relocated to Camp Gagetown, later

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, and the airfield at Pennfield Ridge served as the first commercial airport for the city of Saint John. From 1983 to 1985, Adex Mining Inc. operated a tungsten/molybdenum mine 40 km north of the town, at Mount Pleasant. Primary employers are aquaculture and a

J. D. Irving J.D. Irving Limited (JDI) is a privately owned conglomerate company headquartered in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. It is a subsidiary of the parent company, Irving Group of Companies, along with Irving Oil Refinery, Canaport, Irving T ...

lumber mill, Lake Utopia Paper. St. George Power runs a

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generating station on the Magaguadavic River. It has an installed capacity of 15 MW. It is a

run of the river Run-of-river hydroelectricity (ROR) or run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric generation plant whereby little or no water storage is provided. Run-of-the-river power plants may have no water storage at all or a limited amou ...

plant, meaning there is no water storage in reservoirs as there is at the

Mactaquac Dam The Mactaquac Dam is an embankment dam used to generate hydroelectricity in Mactaquac, New Brunswick. It dams the waters of the Saint John River and is operated by NB Power with a capacity to generate 670 megawatts of electricity from 6 turbines ...

. On 1 January 2023, St. George amalgamated with the village of Blacks Harbour and all or part of five local service districts to form the incorporated rural community of Eastern Charlotte. The community's name remains in use by the province's 911 system.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, St. George 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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External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint George, New Brunswick Communities in Charlotte County, New Brunswick Former towns in New Brunswick Mining communities in New Brunswick 2023 disestablishments in New Brunswick Populated places disestablished in 2023