Valley Waters is a village in the
Canadian province
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...
of
New Brunswick. It was formed through the
2023 New Brunswick local governance reform
Local governance reform in the Canadian province of New Brunswick in was implemented on January 1, 2023. This resulted in a significant reorganization of the municipal entities in the province, including a reduction in the number of entities from ...
s which merged the village of
Norton and all or part of five
local service districts to form
Valley Waters, a village municipality.
Geography
Valley Waters is situated on the
Kennebecasis River 55 kilometres northeast of
Saint John. The
European and North American Railway began serving Norton in 1859. Valley Waters is home to the oldest
fossil forest in Canada.
Present day
''Family Frolic Days'' used to be an annual village festival.
Country music singer
Chris Cummings and rock musician,
Ian Sherwood
Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ') and corresponding to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. It is a popular name in Sc ...
, of "Down With The Butterfly" and "Acres and Acres" are both natives of Valley Waters.
Norton Elementary School, located at the intersection of
Route 121 and
Route 124, serves Valley Waters students from kindergarten to grade five. It is a small, rural school is closely tied with the local community. French immersion is not offered at Norton Elementary but students can be bussed to Sussex Elementary if families wish to enroll students in French immersion before Middle School. Students are bussed to Sussex Middle after grade five and continue on to
Sussex Regional High School
Sussex Regional High School (SRHS) is a public high school in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada. It teaches in English and French immersion.
History
First opened at its current location in 1979, Sussex Regional High School serves families from as ...
afterward.
Valley Waters is situated within the shale gas exploration area currently licensed to Corridor Resources.
See also
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List of communities in New Brunswick
This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a province in Canada. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as either an incorporated municipality, an Indian reserve, or an unincorporated community inside or outside a municipalit ...
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List of municipalities in New Brunswick
New Brunswick is the eighth-most populous province in Canada, with 775,610 residents as of the 2021 census, and the third-smallest province by land area, at . New Brunswick's 104 municipalities cover only of the province's land mass but are ...
References
2023 establishments in New Brunswick
2023 New Brunswick local governance reform
Populated places established in 2023
Villages in New Brunswick
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