Lancaster was a small city situated on the west side of the
Saint John River at its mouth into the
Bay of Fundy
The Bay of Fundy (french: Baie de Fundy) is a bay between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine. It is an arm of the Gulf of Maine. Its extremely high tidal range is t ...
.
It was first founded in 1875, absorbed the towns of Beaconsfield and Fairview in 1953. It was amalgamated into
Saint John, New Brunswick
Saint John is a seaport city of the Atlantic Ocean located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Saint John is the oldest incorporated city in Canada, established by royal charter on May 18, 1785, during the reign of ...
in 1967.
Politics
Lancaster is part of the provincial
Saint John Lancaster
Saint John Lancaster is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. The MLA has been Dorothy Shephard since 2010.
The riding name refers to Lancaster, New Brunswick
Lancaster was a small city situate ...
riding and the federal
Saint John—Rothesay riding.
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Brief history
Neighbourhoods in Saint John, New Brunswick
Populated places disestablished in 1967
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