Aroostook ( ) (2016 population: 306) is a Canadian village in Victoria County,

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Geography

The village is located on the west bank of the Saint John River at the mouth of the Aroostook River. It is approximately 11 kilometres north of

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History

Aroostook was founded in 1852 and became an important railway centre in 1878 with the completion of the

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from Fredericton to

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and the Aroostook River Railway from Aroostook to Caribou,

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. Both railways were leased by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 1890 and a large rail yard and locomotive roundhouse was constructed in the village to service CPR trains operating in northwestern New Brunswick and northern Maine. The construction of taxpayer-funded highways during the 20th century saw railways decline in use following

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. CPR abandoned service through Aroostook in March 1987 following the loss of 2 bridges to ice jams downstream from the village. On 1 January 2023, Aroostook will become part of the new village of Southern Victoria.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, Aroostook 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

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