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Demoiselle Creek, New Brunswick
Demoiselle Creek is a Canadian rural community in Albert County, New Brunswick. Located in Hillsborough Parishsource), the community derives its name from the creek that runs through it. With approximately 50 residents, the community is bordered by the communities of Curryville and Albert Mines. The cave known as the "Underground Lake" is also located in this community. The cave is 141 m long and 13.1 m deep. History The community was originally called Cape Demoiselle (or one of about 6 variations of the name "Demoiselle") and now covers an area of approximately . The actual geographic feature known as Cape Demoiselle was renamed Hopewell Cape. The name "Demoiselle" means "little girl" in French. It was named by a ship captain for a rock formation that resembled a young woman's figure. Like many rural communities, Demoiselle is small and sparsely populated. Notable people See also *List of communities in New Brunswick This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert County, New Brunswick
Albert County (2021 population 30,749) is New Brunswick's third-youngest List of counties of New Brunswick, county, located on the Western side of the Petitcodiac River on the Chignecto Bay in the Bay of Fundy; the County seat, shire town is Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick, Hopewell Cape. The county was established in 1845 from parts of Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Westmorland County and Saint John County, New Brunswick, Saint John County, and named after Albert, Prince Consort, Prince Albert. Since the abolition of county municipal governments in 1967, its best-known use is as a census division. The mineral albertite was discovered a few miles away in 1849, giving rise to Albert Mines. Census subdivisions Municipalities There are four municipalities within Albert County (listed by 2021 population): Parishes The county's six parishes serve as rural census subdivisions, which do not include the municipalities within them (listed by 2021 population): Demographics As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to the west. It is part of Eastern Canada and is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic Canada, Atlantic provinces. The province is about 83% forested and its northern half is occupied by the Appalachians. The province's climate is continental climate, continental with snowy winters and temperate summers. New Brunswick has a surface area of and 775,610 inhabitants (2021 census). Atypically for Canada, only about half of the population lives in urban areas - predominantly in Moncton, Saint John, New Brunswick, Saint John and Fredericton. In 1969, New Brunswick passed the New Brunswick Official Languages Act (1969), Official Languages Act which began recognizing French as an official language, along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillsborough Parish, New Brunswick
Hillsborough is a geographic parish in eastern Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes, Hillsborough is divided between the village of Fundy Albert, which includes most of the parish, and the Southeast rural district; both are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of Hillsborough and the local service district of the parish of Hillsborough. Origin of name Hillsborough was probably named in honour of the Earl of Hillsborough, First Lord of Trade in 1765. History Hillsborough was originally established in 1765 as a township within Nova Scotia, a grant of 100 000 acres to Robert Cummings and four others that included modern Hillsborough Parish and most of Coverdale Parish. In 1786 the township's boundaries were explicitly used for the newly erected Hillsborough Parish. Boundaries Hillsborough Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 132, 142, and 143 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curryville, New Brunswick
Curryville is a Canadian community near the eastern edge of Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. Situated along the Albert Mines Road and its intersections with Chemical Road and Grub Road, the village is bordered by Demoiselle Creek in the north and Cape Station in the south. Population is approximately 110 of 798 residents in Hopewell Parish. Prominent buildings include the former Curryville United Church and a former community hall, now a ceramic arts studio. Other features include various abandoned pits and quarries (gravel and sandstone) and remnants of the now dismantled Albert Railway (1877 to 1955). , Railways of Canada Archives History Notable people See also * |
Albert Mines, New Brunswick
Albert Mines is a community in the southeastern cornerMap of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. It is due south of the Village of Hillsborough and bordered by the communities of Demoiselle Creek (site of Hopewell Rocks) and Edgetts Landing. Prominent buildings today include the Albert Mines Baptist Church. The locale is notable in the history of the petroleum industry as being the source of the first ore used to distill kerosene. Mining history In 1820, a deposit of Albertite, variously described as "solid petroleum" or " asphalt" was discovered by Abraham Gesner, who understood its potential as an alternative to whale oil as a source of light. After developing a process to distill the ore into what he would call kerosene (paraffin in Europe) the ore was mined between 1854 and 1881, yielding an estimated 200,000 tons of Albertite. Mining disputes, including the nature of Albertite Albertite is a variety of Bitumen, asphalt found in the Albert Formation in Albert C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Canadian Caver
''The Canadian Caver'' is a semiannual publication that documents the activities of Canadian cavers exploring caves within Canada and overseas. ''The Canadian Caver'' was created by members of the McMaster University Climbing and Caving Club from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario to document cave explorations throughout North America at a time when Canada's fledgeling caving clubs had no club newsletters. The first issue was produced in December 1969 and included articles on cave exploration in Alberta, Mexico, West Virginia and Georgia, and climbing in the Bugaboos of British Columbia.''The Canadian Caver'' No.1, December 1969 By 1974 caving clubs in western Canada had achieved a level of maturity and stability (aided by the emigration of MUCCC cavers) that allowed the production and editorship of ''The Canadian Caver'' to move to Edmonton, Alberta, where it remained for several years. In 1978 cavers from Vancouver Island Vancouver Island is an island in the nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 municipality. Municipalities Cities New Brunswick has eight cities: * Bathurst * Campbellton * Dieppe * Edmundston * Fredericton * Miramichi *Moncton * Saint John Towns New Brunswick has 27 towns. Villages New Brunswick has 66 villages. Regional municipalities New Brunswick has one regional municipality. Rural communities New Brunswick has seven rural communities. Indian reserves First Nations Parishes New Brunswick has 152 parishes, of which 142 are recognized as census subdivisions by Statistics Canada and six as dissolved census subdivisions. Local service districts Neighbourhoods Other communities and settlements This is a list of communities and settlements in New Brunswick. A–B ; A * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
