New Bandon-Salmon Beach
New Bandon-Salmon Beach was a local service district in New Brunswick, Canada. It was merged into the rural district of Chaleur on 1 January 2023,[1] with a small area now part of the city of Bathurst.
New Bandon was named after the town of Bandon in Ireland. It was located 12 km (7.5 mi) east of the city of Bathurst, New Brunswick on Nepisiguit Bay.
History
[edit]New Bandon-Salmon Beach was located on the historical territory of the Mi'kmaq people. The seigneurie of Nepisiguit, containing the area that would become New Bandon-Salmon Beach, was ceded to France on 19 March 1691.[2] The community of New Bandon was founded in 1819 by 70 Protestant families from Bandon, County Cork in Ireland.[3] New Bandon was touched by the 1825 Miramichi fire, which consumed approximately 16,000 km2 (6,200 sq mi) of forest in northeastern New Brunswick.[4] Salmon Beach was also founded by Irish immigrants between 1820 and 1830.[5] The parish of New Bandon was established in 1831.[3]
Notable people
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Chaleur rural district: RD 3". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ Ganong, William (1899). A monograph of historic sites in the province of New Brunswick (Map). Map 39.
- ^ a b Ganong 1904, p. 153.
- ^ Webster 1942, pp. 61–62.
- ^ Ganong 1904, p. 170.
Bibliography
[edit]- Webster, J. Clarence (1942). Historical Guide to New Brunswick. Fredericton: New Brunswick Government Bureau of Information and Tourist Travel.
- Ganong, William Francis (1904). A Monograph of the Origins of the Settlements in New Brunswick. Ottawa: J. Hope.
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