Cambridge-Narrows is an unincorporated community in
Queens County, New Brunswick
Queens County (french: Comté de Queens; 2016 population 10,472) is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. The county shire town is the village of Gagetown.
Geography
The county's geography is dominated by the Saint John River and Grand La ...
, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023.
The village straddled
Washedemoak Lake, a widening of the
Canaan River
The Canaan River is located in the southeastern portion of New Brunswick. The river drains into Washademoak Lake, in turn draining into the Saint John River. The watershed is composed of 17 tributaries. The total watershed area is .
Communitie ...
, several kilometres upstream of the
Saint John River. Cambridge-Narrows has 3 main arteries,
Route 695,
Route 715, and
Route 710
History
The Cambridge-Narrows consisted of two separate settlements on either side of the river, Cambridge and The Narrows, which were merged under one municipal government in 1966.
On 1 January 2023, Cambridge-Narrows amalgamated with the village of
Gagetown and all or part of five
local service districts to form the new village of
Arcadia
Arcadia may refer to:
Places Australia
* Arcadia, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
* Arcadia, Queensland
* Arcadia, Victoria
Greece
* Arcadia (region), a region in the central Peloponnese
* Arcadia (regional unit), a modern administrative un ...
.
The community's name remains in official use.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada, Cambridge-Narrows 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
Bordering communities
*
Hampton
Hampton may refer to:
Places Australia
*Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia
*Hampton, New South Wales
*Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region
* Hampton, Victoria
Canada
* Hampton, New Brunswick
*Ha ...
*
Big Cove
*
McDonald Corner
*
Jemseg
*
Hatfield Point
*
Springfield, Kings County
References
External links
Village of Cambridge Narrows
Communities in Queens County, New Brunswick
Former villages in New Brunswick
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