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)
Population
 • Total
1,200
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. It has a population of about 1,200 people.

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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

Jacquet River has a strong history with many families having deep roots there, including the Doyle, Guitard, Gauthier, Devereaux, Joncas, Cormier, Furlotte, Meade, Lapointe, Carriers, Hickey, Mallaley, Kelly, Dempsey, McNair, Driscoll, Culligan [[Doyle (surname), and Legacy.

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. [2] The station building was demolished, along with nearby Charlo station, in October 2021. [3]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lyr Req: Jacket River / Jacquet River? (Ray Griff)". mudcat.org. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  2. ↑ VIA Rail page for Jacquet Station
  3. ↑ "Vanishing Stations", The Bulleton, Transport Action Atlantic, Spring-Summer 2001]
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