Baker-Brook (2016 population: 564) is a former village in Madawaska County,

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, Canada.

Geography

It is located on the Saint John River 20 kilometres west of

Edmundston Edmundston () is a city in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. Established in 1850, it had a population of 16,437 as of 2021. On January 1, 2023, Edmundston amalgamated with the village of Rivière-Verte, New Brunswick, Rivière-Verte and ...

History

The village takes its name from 19th-century sawmill businessman John Baker. In 1818, Baker, a native of

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, settled in the area, along with several other American families. He was dissatisfied with the official borders, and in 1827 declared the village to be capital of the "

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", a self-proclaimed unrecognized sovereign state being part neither of the United States nor of British America (Canada) although comprising portions of both. Baker was subsequently briefly jailed by the British for treason. A US citizen by birth, John Baker continued to live on his settlement as a somewhat reluctant British subject after Baker Brook was officially declared part of New Brunswick.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Baker Brook had a population of 555 living in 226 of its 240 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 564. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trendStatistics Canada:

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census Mother tongue (2016)

Attractions

The local Roman Catholic church, houses noted religious artwork, including stained-glass windows from the workshop of Belgian artist José Gaterrath and the Stations of the Cross by the famous Spanish ceramist

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