Bayfield was a
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 ...
in
Westmorland County,
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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, near the intersection of
Route 955 and
Route 16. It is now part of the
incorporated rural community of
Strait Shores
Strait Shores is a local government district called a rural community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms.
History
Strait Shores was incorporated on January 1, 2023 ...
.
History
Bayfield was named for Admiral
Henry Wolsey Bayfield
Admiral Henry Wolsey Bayfield (21 January 1795 – 10 February 1885) was a British naval officer and surveyor.
Early life and career
Bayfield was born in Kingston-upon-Hull, to John Wolsey Bayfield and Eliza Petit. His family was an ancie ...
, who surveyed the coastlines of
the Maritimes
The Maritimes, also called the Maritime provinces, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. The Maritimes had a population of 1,899,324 in 2021, which makes up 5.1% of ...
in the 1840s and 1850s. A post office was established in Bayfield in 1866. The community had a population of 175 in 1871, 200 in 1898, and 300 in 1904.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Bayfield had a population of 42 living in 21 of its 23 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 34. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Notable people
*
George Allen - Hockey Player
*
Jim Riley - Hockey Player
*
Viv Allen
Vivan Mariner "Squee" Allen (September 9, 1916 — August 15, 1995) was a Canadian ice hockey right winger who played for several teams over a 12-year career. Allen played 11 games for the New York Americans of the National Hockey League during th ...
- Hockey Player
See also
*
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 municipal ...
References
Communities in Westmorland County, New Brunswick
Designated places in New Brunswick
Local service districts of Westmorland County, New Brunswick
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