Andover is a geographic parish in Victoria County,

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. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the villages of Aroostook and

Perth-Andover Perth-Andover is a former village in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023. It is now part of the village of Southern Victoria. History Andover was originally called Little ...

and the

local service district Local service district may refer to these administrative units in Canada: * Local service district (New Brunswick) A local service district (LSD) was a provincial administrative unit for the provision of local services in the Canadian province o ...

of the parish of Andover, all of which were members of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC).

Origin of name

Historian William F. Ganong related that the local explanation was that it was named by a Mr. Sisson, who came from

Andover Andover may refer to: Places Australia *Andover, Tasmania Canada * Andover Parish, New Brunswick * Perth-Andover, New Brunswick United Kingdom * Andover, Hampshire, England ** RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station United States * Andov ...

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History

Andover was erected in 1833 in Carleton County from Kent Parish. The parish extended to above

Grand Falls, New Brunswick Grand Falls () is a town in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada, on the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), Saint John River. Its name comes from a waterfall created by a series of rock ledges over which the river drops . 2023 New Brunswick local ...

, taking in most of Grand Falls Parish. In 1850 the parish was extended north to where the Saint John River crosses the international boundary. In 1853 all of Andover north of the

Aroostook River The Aroostook River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 22, 2011 tributary of the Saint John River in the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brun ...

was included in the newly erected Grand Falls Parish.

Boundaries

Andover Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on map 81 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 223, 239, and 255 at same site. * on the north by the

; * on the east by the Saint John River; * on the south by the River de Chute, which forms the Victoria County line; * on the west by the American border.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality * Aroostook * Bairdsville * Beaconsfield * Blue Hill * Carlingford * Dover Hill * Good Corner * Hillandale *

* River de Chute * Tinker * Turner Settlement

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly within the parish. *

* River de Chute * Saint John River * Bishop Lake * Blind Lake * Tomlinson Lake

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. * Demerchant Brook Protected Natural Area *

Tinker Dam The Tinker Dam is a hydroelectric dam built in Tinker on the Aroostook River in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, and operated jointly by WPS Energy and NB Power. Its power house has a capacity of 34 megawatts. The dam and power house are ...

Demographics

Parish population totals do not include the former incorporated villages of Aroostook and portion within

. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Population

Population trendStatistics Canada:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

census

Language

Mother tongue (2016)

Notes

References

External links

Village of Perth-Andover

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