Point Wolfe | |
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 Point Wolfe, c. 1915 | |
  Point Wolfe Location of Point Wolfe within New Brunswick | |
| Coordinates: 45°33′13″N65°0′46″W / 45.55361°N 65.01278°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  New Brunswick |
| County | Albert |
| Parish | Alma |
| Named for | James Wolfe |
| Population | 0 |
Point Wolfe is a former Canadian village in Albert County, New Brunswick. It is currently a campground location at Fundy National Park. [1]
Point Wolfe was situated near the village of Alma, at the mouth of the Point Wolfe River, in Chignecto Bay. As a farming village, Point Wolfe was home to about 72 families in 1866 and had a populated of 150 people in 1871. The village was expropriated as part of development for the Fundy National Park, which it is now a campground of. [2] [3]
Saint John is a seaport city located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. It is Canada's oldest incorporated city, established by royal charter on May 18, 1785, during the reign of George III. The port is Canada's third-largest by tonnage with a cargo base that includes dry and liquid bulk, break bulk, containers, and cruise. The city was the most populous in New Brunswick until the 2016 census, when it was overtaken by Moncton. It is currently the second-largest city in the province, with a population of 69,895 over an area of 315.59 km2 (121.85 sq mi).
The Bay of Fundy is a bay between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine. It is an arm of the Gulf of Maine. Its tidal range is the highest in the world. The name is probably a corruption of the French word fendu, meaning 'split'.
Albert County is New Brunswick's third-youngest county located on the Western side of the Petitcodiac River on the Chignecto Bay in the Bay of Fundy. Prior to the abolition of county government in 1967, the shire town was Hopewell Cape. The county was established in 1845 from parts of Westmorland County and Saint John County, and named after Prince Albert.
James Wolfe was a British Army officer known for his training reforms and, as a major general, remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec.
Fundy National Park is a national park of Canada located on the Bay of Fundy, near the village of Alma, New Brunswick. It was created on April 10, 1946 and officially opened on July 29, 1950. The park showcases a rugged coastline which rises up to the Canadian Highlands, the highest tides in the world and more than 25 waterfalls. The park covers an area of 207 km2 (80 sq mi) along Goose Bay, the northwestern branch of the Bay of Fundy. When one looks across the Bay, one can see the northern Nova Scotia coast.
Dorchester is a community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. The community became part of the new town of Tantramar in the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reform. Originally incorporated as a town in 1911, it was converted to a village in 1966. By 1825 it had been named for Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, an 18th-century Governor-General of the old Province of Quebec, but prior to that was called Botsford.
Deer Island is one of the Fundy Islands in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. It is at the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay. The island was first settled by colonists around 1770.
Beaubassin was an important Acadian village and trading centre on the Isthmus of Chignecto in what is now Nova Scotia, Canada. The area was a significant place in the geopolitical struggle between the British and French empires. It was established in the 1670s on an upland close to an extensive area of saltwater marsh. Settlers reclaimed the land to engage in cattle ranching and trade.
Hampton is a town in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Penobsquis is a Canadian village in New Brunswick.
Alma is a disincorporated Village in Fundy Albert, New Brunswick, Canada. It resides in the territorial divisions of parish of Alma, Albert County. Alma is centered on the small delta of the Upper Salmon River and Cleveland Brook, where they empty into Salisbury Bay.
Grand Bay-Westfield is a town in New Brunswick, Canada, on the west bank of the Saint John River immediately north of the boundary between Kings County and Saint John County.
St. Martins is a community on the Bay of Fundy now part of the village of Fundy-St. Martins, Canada.
Route 114 is a 137.6 km (85.5 mi) Canadian secondary highway in southeastern New Brunswick.
The Fundy Biosphere Region is located next to the upper Bay of Fundy, covering 442,250 hectares in New Brunswick, Canada. The area was named and designated as such by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2007.
Alma is a geographic parish on the Bay of Fundy in the southwestern corner of Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Saint Martins is a geographic parish in Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada.
The Canadian province of New Brunswick is divided into 89 local entities, consisting of 77 local governments and 12 rural districts.
The Point Wolfe Bridge is a red covered bridge that crosses the Point Wolfe River at Fundy National Park in New Brunswick, Canada. It is one of the two covered bridges in Fundy National Park, connecting the Point Wolfe Road from the Point Wolfe campground to the rest of the park. It was originally built in 1909, following the collapse of a bridge one year prior. The Point Wolfe Bridge was once again rebuilt in 1992 after a workplace accident in December 1990 resulted in the bridge collapsing.
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