Murray Corner is a community in the
Canadian province
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of
New Brunswick
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in
Westmorland County on
Route 955.
Murray Corner is on the
Northumberland Strait
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; its main sources of recreation are boating, snowmobiling, horseback riding and other outdoor activities. Murray Corner is also the home of the
Murray Beach Provincial Park.
The former
local service district Local service district may refer to these administrative units in Canada:
* Local service district (New Brunswick)
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took its name from the community.
History
Located north of
Murray Road, on the road to
Bayfield:
Botsford Parish, Westmorland County: David Murray, Joseph Murray, Andrew Murray and John Murray, originally from
Scotland
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, settled here about 1822: PO 1853–1913 with Pinquey Murray as the first postmaster: in 1866 Murray Corner was a farming and fishing settlement with about 22 families: in 1871 it had a population of 200: in 1898 Murray Corner had one store, two lobster factories, one church and a population of 150.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Murray Corner had a population of 371 living in 188 of its 443 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 368. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
See also
*
List of communities in New Brunswick
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References
Communities in Westmorland County, New Brunswick
Designated places in New Brunswick
Local service districts of Westmorland County, New Brunswick
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