Riverside-Albert

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Riverside-Albert
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Former train station in Riverside-Albert
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Riverside-Albert
Location of Riverside-Albert, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 45°45′5.1″N64°43′3.6″W / 45.751417°N 64.717667°W / 45.751417; -64.717667
CountryCanada
Province New Brunswick
County Albert County
Parish Hopewell Parish
Municipality Fundy Albert
Incorporated1966
Amalgamated2023
Government
 • Type Village council
Area
[1]
 • Land3.39 km2 (1.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total348
 • Density102.8/km2 (266/sq mi)
 • Change (2016–21)
Decrease2.svg 0.6%
Electoral districts
 •  Federal Fundy Royal
 •  Provincial Albert
Time zone UTC-4 (Atlantic (AST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-3 (Atlantic (ADT))
Canadian Postal code
E4H
Area code(s) 506, 428
Telephone Exchange882
HighwayNB 114.svg Route 114
NB 915.svg Route 915
Website http://www.riverside-albert.ca

Riverside-Albert is a disincorporated village in Fundy Albert, New Brunswick, Canada. [2] [3] It resides in the geographic parish of Hopewell in Albert County.

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Riverside-Albert is located on the north of Shepody River on upland above the marsh. The community of Harvey Parish is located across the river. It is approximately halfway between two major tourist destinations: Fundy National Park and the Hopewell Rocks.

Post office called Albert from 1875; Riverside from 1875 to 1932; Riverside from 1932.

The Trans Canada Trail passes through Riverside-Albert. [4]

History

Following the French period, Acadian settlers remained under English rule and continued developing the community of Shepody, which included the Riverside-Albert area. In the aftermath of the Acadian Expulsion in 1755, Nova Scotia Governor Lawrence invited applications for township grants. This begat Hopewell Township of Cumberland County on the location of Shepody. Hopewell's slow beginning grew pace during the rapid growth of the lumbering and ship building industries along the Bay, and Hopewell's communities benefited from the easy access to it at Hopewell's riversides.

Riverside and Albert both appear as communities on the cadastral land grant map of the area. [5]

Albert was originally called Hopewell Corner but the inhabitants resolved to rename it Albert in 1881 due to there being four communities named Hopewell within 12 miles of each other. In 1898 Albert was the terminus of the Salisbury and Harvey Railway, with a population of 500. [6]

Riverside, originally River Side, was a station on the Salisbury and Hillsborough Railway, with a population of 300 in 1871. The post office was renamed Riverside in 1932. [7]

The local improvement district of Riverside-Albert was incorporated on 29 December 1947. [8] The local improvement district became a village in 1966 under the new Municipalities Act. [9] [10]

On 1 January 2023, the village of Riverside-Albert amalgamated with the villages of Alma and Hillsborough and parts of eight local service districts to form the new village of Fundy Albert. [11] [3] The community's name remains in official use. [12]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Riverside-Albert had a population of 348 living in 142 of its 154 total private dwellings, a change of

Notable people

Notable residents have included Abner Reid McClelan and Roscoe Fillmore.

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Census Profile of Riverside-Albert, Village (VL)". Statistics Canada. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act". Government of New Brunswick. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 "RSC 7 Southeast Regional Service Commission". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Sentier NB Trails
  5. ↑ "No. 143". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Albert". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Riverside-Albert". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Local Improvement Districts". The Royal Gazette. 106: 48–49. 4 February 1948.
  9. ↑ Municipalities Act of 1966, Second Schedule, p. 151.
  10. ↑ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 84. ISBN   0-7715-9754-1.
  11. ↑ "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act". Government of New Brunswick. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "Proposed entity names reflect strong ties to nature and history" (Press release). Irishtown, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.


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