Wirral-Enniskillen

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Wirral-Enniskillen
community
Etymology: Wirral Peninsula
CountryCanada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
Parish Petersville
Founded1854
Area
  community29.41 km2 (11.36 sq mi)
  Rural
29.41 km2 (11.36 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
139 m (456 ft)
Population
 (2016) [2]
  community204
  Density6.9/km2 (18/sq mi)

Wirral-Enniskillen is a former local service district in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. [3] It is located at the confluence of the Gaspereau and Salmon rivers.

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History

Originally settled as Gaspereau and later Gaspereau Station, when it was a flag station on the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was renamed Wirral after the English peninsula of the same name in 1923. [4]

Amalgamated with the former community of Enniskillen, which was among the communities expropriated for CFB Gagetown. It was first settled as Adair Settlement in 1826 by Irish immigrants and renamed Enniskillen after the town in Ireland. [5] It also included the former farming community of Blakely, which merged in 1911. [6]

Demographics

Historical populations:
Gaspereaux/Wirral, NB
YearPop.±%
1871600    
189840−93.3%
1996272+580.0%
2001 821+201.8%
2006 758−7.7%
2011 226−70.2%
2016 204−9.7%
[4] [7] [8] [2]

Notable people

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References

  1. White, James (1916). Dictionary of Altitudes (2nd ed.). Ottawa: Commission of Conservation. p. 84. Gaspereaux
  2. 1 2 2016 Census
  3. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Wirral". archives.gnb.ca. Place Names of New Brunswick: Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. "Enniskillen". archives.gnb.ca. Place Names of New Brunswick: Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  6. "Blakely". archives.gnb.ca. Place Names of New Brunswick: Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  7. Building Stronger Local Governments and Regions John-Guy Finn, November 2008
  8. Statistics Canada. 2007. Petersville, New Brunswick (Code1304001) (table). 2006 Community Profiles. 2006 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-591-XWE. Ottawa. Released March 13, 2007.

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