Jacquet River, New Brunswick

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Jacquet River
Community (Dissolved village)
Riviere Jacquet (Nouveau-Brunswick).jpg
Jacquet River, New Brunswick, from 1875
CountryCanada
Province New Brunswick
County Restigouche
Parish Durham
Village Belledune
Founded1790
Incorporated 1966;59 years ago (1966)
Amalgamation 1994;31 years ago (1994)
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code
E8G
Area code 506
Highways

Jacquet River is a community in the village of Belledune in Restigouche County, New Brunswick. Previously, it was a village until 1994, when it amalgamated into Belledune.

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It has an elementary and middle school, which is also used by the surrounding communities. It has a grocery store, along with a few locally owned convenience stores. It has a municipal park, which is maintained by the village. A song from the 1970s by Canadian artist Ray Griff references Jacquet River. [1]

History

Federal census
population history
of Jacquet River
YearPop.±%
1971 866—    
1971A 727−16.1%
1976 735+1.1%
1981 778+5.9%
1981A 887+14.0%
1986 954+7.6%
1991 872−8.6%
Source: Statistics Canada [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

In 1994, the Village of Jacquet River, along with a few unincorporated communities, amalgamated with the Village of Belledune to form a larger village known as Belledune. Due to Belledune retaining its village status, it was nicknamed "The Super Village".

Jacquet River is a multilingual community. The community was named after James Augustus Doyle, a disbanded veteran of the American War of Independence, whose family, speaking French, referred to him as "Jacques." An unusual spelling of the letter 's' in official papers led to the name "Jacquet River". Features:

A Sign for Jacquet River still found in area JacquetRiverSign.jpg
A Sign for Jacquet River still found in area

47°55′01″N66°00′00″W / 47.917°N 66.000°W / 47.917; -66.000

Transportation

VIA Rail's train, The Ocean, makes stops on request at the Jacquet River station, a flag stop platform. [7] The station building was demolished, along with nearby Charlo station, in October 2021. [8]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lyr Req: Jacket River / Jacquet River? (Ray Griff)". mudcat.org. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Table 2: Population of Census Subdivisions, 1921–1971". 1971 Census of Canada. Vol. I: Population, Census Subdivisions (Historical). Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1973.
  3. ↑ "Table 3: Population for census divisions and subdivisions, 1971 and 1976". 1976 Census of Canada. Census Divisions and Subdivisions, Atlantic Provinces. Vol. I: Population, Geographic Distributions. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1977.
  4. ↑ "Table 4: Population and Total Occupied Dwellings, for Census Divisions and Subdivisions, 1976 and 1981". 1981 Census of Canada. Vol. II: Provincial series, Population, Geographic distributions (New Brunswick). Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1982. ISBN   0-660-51090-1.
  5. ↑ "Table 2: Census Divisions and Subdivisions – Population and Occupied Private Dwellings, 1981 and 1986". Census Canada 1986. Vol. Population and Dwelling Counts – Provinces and Territories (New Brunswick). Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1987. ISBN   0-660-53458-4.
  6. ↑ "Table 2: Population and Dwelling Counts, for Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 1986 and 1991 – 100% Data". 91 Census. Vol. Population and Dwelling Counts – Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1992. ISBN   0-660-57115-3.
  7. ↑ VIA Rail page for Jacquet Station
  8. ↑ "Vanishing Stations", The Bulleton, Transport Action Atlantic, Spring-Summer 2001]
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