Inkerman, New Brunswick

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Saint-Michel-Archange Roman Catholic church in Inkerman, New Brunswick, Canada

Inkerman is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick on Inkerman Lake. It is located mainly on Route 113.

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History

The place is named after the Battle of Inkerman in the Crimean War. [1]

The area was once served by the Caraquet and Gulf Shore Railway, a section of which ran between Tracadie and Shippagan. [2] In 2017, a 500 metre former railway bridge, then being used as part of the Sentier NB Trail, was destroyed by fire. [3]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Inkerman had a population of 712 living in 321 of its 344 total private dwellings, a change of

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hamiton, William Baillie (1996). Place Names of Atlantic Canada (illustrated, reprint ed.). University of Toronto Press. p. 87. ISBN   0802075703 . Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Woods, Shirley E. (1992). Cinders & Saltwater: The Story of Atlantic Canada's Railways. Halifax: Nimbus. pp. 162–163.
  3. ↑ Fraser, Elizabeth (15 September 2017). "Fire that destroyed Inkerman bridge suspicious, RCMP say". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2025.

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