St. Martins is a community on the
Bay of Fundy
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in
Saint John County, New Brunswick
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, Canada.
The village was founded as Quaco by 1783 by soldiers from the disbanded
loyalist
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King's Orange Rangers
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. It was incorporated in 1967. Led by shipbuilders such as
James Moran, it was the third most productive
shipbuilding
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town in
the Maritimes
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, producing over 500 ships. Shipbuilding declined after the 1870s and today tourism is the major industry.
On 1 January 2023, St. Martins annexed all or part of three
local service districts to form the new village of
Fundy-St. Martins.
The community's name remains in official use.
Attractions
Attractions in St. Martins include the St. Martins Sea Caves, the beach and tidal harbour, the start of the
Fundy Trail
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, two
covered bridges and the Quaco Head
Lighthouse
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Lighthouses mar ...
, the Quaco Museum and Library, and the Fundy Trail Parkway.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, St. Martins 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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Gallery
Stmartinscaves.jpg, St. Martins' Caves
Fundytrail.JPG, Fundy Trail
Twin bridges 06 05.jpg, Twin covered bridges
St Martins Sea Caves- St. Martins- New Brunswick.jpg, St Martins Sea Cave
Further reading
* Hebb, Ross M., ''Quaco - St. Martins: A Brief History'', 1997. Fredericton, NB: Quaco/Springhill Press.
See also
* List of lighthouses in New Brunswick
*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 ...
* History of New Brunswick
The history of New Brunswick covers the period from the arrival of the Paleo-Indians thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day New Brunswick were inhabited for millennia by the s ...
* List of historic places in Saint John County, New Brunswick
References
External links
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Communities in Saint John County, New Brunswick
Former villages in New Brunswick
Lighthouses in New Brunswick
Populated places disestablished in New Brunswick in 2023