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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 parts of two Local service district (New Brunswick), local service districts; revised census figures have not been released. History During the early colonial period, the area was a camping and meeting place of the Maliseet people, Maliseet (Wolastoqiyik) Nation during seasonal migrations. From the mid to late eighteenth century, one of the largest Maliseet villages had been established at Madawaska and had become a refuge site for other Wabanaki peoples. The Maliseet village was originally located near the falls at the confluence of the Madawaska and Saint John Rivers. Currently, the City of Edmundston surrounds a federal Indian Reserve (St. Basile 10/Madawaska Maliseet First Nation). Originally named ''Petit-Sault'' (Little Falls) in r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madawaska River (Saint John River)
The Madawaska River flows from Lake Témiscouata in Quebec, through Degelis, Quebec, to join the Saint John River at Edmundston, New Brunswick. The course of the Madawaska River is accessible in Quebec by route 185 and New Brunswick by Highway 2, which run along the river side South West. Toponymy Various theories exist over the etymology of the word Madawaska. One is that the river's name comes from the Algonquian word "Madoueskak", which means "land of the porcupine". In Maliseet, the word "Matawaskiyak" translates to "at the place where water flows out over grass", there is also speculation that it refers to the 'meeting of two rivers where there is grass'. The Madawaska river is a large drainage basin for Lake Temiscouata and other waterways from the north. Before the city of Edmundston changed the natural course of the river, the spring freshet would cause several branches of the river to flood the land resulting in various waterfalls. The river formed part of the Té ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston
Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. The district was established in 1973 as Madawaska les Lacs when New Brunswick moved from a system of bloc voting to the first past the post electoral system. It had previously been a part of the Madawaska County electoral district which returned three members. It the 1994 electoral redistribution, it added parts of the old district of Madawaska Centre and it underwent only very minor boundary changes in 2006. In 2013, it added more of the city of Edmundston to its boundaries and was renamed. It was formerly one of the safest francophone seats in New Brunswick for the Progressive Conservatives. It was held by the PCs in every election since it was created except for the 1987 election (in which the Liberals won every seat) and the 1991 election (in which the PCs won only 3 seats and the main opposition was the conservative Confederation of Regions Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière-Verte, New Brunswick
Rivière-Verte () is a neighbourhood in Edmundston. It held village status prior to 2023. It is 15 kilometres southeast of downtown Edmundston along the Saint John River and the Green River. The Green River's official French name is Rivière Verte, from which the village takes name. History On 1 January 2023, Rivière-Verte was annexed by the city of Edmundston. The community's name remains in official use. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rivière-Verte had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Language Notable people 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 ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint John River (Bay Of Fundy)
The Saint John River (; Maliseet-Passamaquoddy: ''Wolastoq'') is a river flowing within the Dawnland region from headwaters in the Notre Dame Mountains near the Maine-Quebec border through western New Brunswick to the northwest shore of the Bay of Fundy. Eastern Canada's longest river, its drainage basin is one of the largest on the east coast at about . This “River of the Good Wave” and its tributary drainage basin formed the territorial countries of the Wolastoqiyik and Passamaquoddy First Nations (named Wolastokuk and Peskotomuhkatik, respectively) prior to European colonization, and it remains a cultural centre of the Wabanaki Confederacy to this day. The Webster–Ashburton Treaty following the Aroostook War established a border between New Brunswick and Maine following of the river, while a tributary forms of the border between Quebec and Maine. Maine communities along the river include Fort Kent, Madawaska, and Van Buren. New Brunswick settlements through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madawaska County, New Brunswick
Madawaska County (2021 population 32,603), also known as the "New Brunswick Salient (geography), Panhandle", is located in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. Over 90% of the county's population speaks French language, French. Its Francophone population are known as "Brayons." Forestry is the major industry in the county. History The first inhabitants of what is now called Madawaska County were the Maliseet or Wolastoqiyik, who occupied and used the land along the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), Saint John River Valley north to the St. Lawrence River and south to the Penobscot River. There is debate concerning the true origin of the word "Madawaska". The earliest settlers were from Quebec. The area was the focus of the bloodless Aroostook War, a border dispute led by businessman and political activist John Baker. The earliest settlers of the Upper Saint John River Valley have been clearly verified, with census results of the Madawaska region taken in 1820 showing where most fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick
Madawaska is a geographic parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. The parish consists of two discontiguous portions, separated by Saint-Joseph Parish. For governance purposes, the southwestern portion is divided between the city of Edmundston and the town of Haut-Madawaska; the northeastern portion is part of the Northwest rural district. All three bodies are part of the Northwest Regional Service Commission. Before the 2023 governance reform, the northeastern portion of the parish formed the local service district of the parish of Madawaska. Origin of name The parish was named for the Madawaska River. History Madawaska was erected in 1833 from the northern part of Kent Parish, taking in most of modern Madawaska County and the northern part of Victoria County. In 1850 three new parishes were erected from Madawaska: Saint-Basile, Saint-François, and Saint-Léonard. In 1852 the parish was extended northward to include territory awarded in the boundar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of the three The Maritimes, Maritime provinces located within Eastern Canada. According to the 2021 Canadian census, it is the Population of Canada by province and territory, eighth most populous province in Canada with 775,610 inhabitants, and the Provinces and territories of Canada#Provinces, third smallest by land area, covering . Following the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reform, 2023 local governance reform, the number of municipality, municipalities in New Brunswick was reduced from 104 to 77, out of which eight are categorized as city, cities. While the number of cities remained the same before and post-reform, nearly all cities saw nearby areas amalgamate into them. Because this happened after the 2021 census, updated data will be not be officially recorded by Statistics Canada until the 2026 Canadian census, next Canadian census in 2026. Cities, towns and villages in New Brunswick are referred to as List of municipalities in New Brunswick, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Walker Head
Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet, KCB (16 February 1805 – 28 January 1868) was a 19th-century British politician and diplomat. Early life and scholarship Head was born at Wiarton Place, near Maidstone, Kent, the son of the Reverend Sir John Head, 7th Bt. and Jane (née Walker) Head. He succeeded to his father's title in 1838. He was educated at Winchester College and Oriel College, Oxford, and in 1830 he was made a Fellow of Merton College. He was an Oxford scholar and tutor who published several books, including a book on the verbs ''shall'' and ''will''. In 1866, Head published '' The Story of Viga Glum'', which he had translated from the original Icelandic. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1863. Government service In 1847, Head was appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (1847–1854). While Lieutenant Governor, Head authorized the creation of an engineering faculty at the University of New Brunswick (UNB). This was the first such programme in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madawaska—Restigouche
Madawaska—Restigouche is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Its population in 2021 was 60,184. Political geography The district includes all of the County of Madawaska (except Saint-André) and all of the County of Restigouche except the extreme eastern part. The neighbouring ridings are Miramichi, Tobique—Mactaquac, Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, and Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine. In 2008, Liberal support was focused in the eastern and central parts of the riding, particularly in Edmundston, Campbellton, and Dalhousie. Support for the Conservatives was centered in the western part of the riding, in a strip of land bordering both Maine and Quebec. There was also a pocket of Tory support outside Saint-Leonard. The NDP won six polls in the riding, all in the Dalhousie area, a community they won.Pun ... [...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] |
List Of New Brunswick Provincial Electoral Districts
This is a list of the 49 electoral districts used for elections to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, in Canada. Electoral district breakdown (Riding by Riding) Capital # Carleton-York # Fredericton-Lincoln, Fredericton Lincoln # Fredericton North # Fredericton South-Silverwood # Fredericton-Grand Lake # Fredericton-York # Hanwell-New Maryland # Oromocto-Sunbury Northern # Bathurst (electoral district), Bathurst # Belle-Baie-Belledune # Caraquet (electoral district), Caraquet # Hautes-Terres-Nepisiguit # Miramichi Bay-Neguac # Miramichi East (electoral district), Miramichi East # Miramichi West (electoral district), Miramichi West # Restigouche West # Restigouche East # Shippagan-les-Îles, Shippagan-Les-Îles # Tracadie (electoral district), Tracadie River Valley # Carleton-Victoria # Edmundston-Vallée-des-Rivières # Grand Falls-Saint-Quentin # Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston, Madawaska-Les Lacs-Edmunston # Woodstock-Hartland South # Fundy-The Isles-Sain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
