Location | Dorchester, New Brunswick |
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Coordinates | 45°54′50″N64°30′35″W / 45.9138°N 64.5098°W |
Security class | minimum security |
Capacity | 252 |
Opened | 1962 |
Managed by | Correctional Service of Canada |
The Westmorland Institution is a Canadian federal corrections facility located in the village of Dorchester, New Brunswick. It shares a property with Dorchester Penitentiary and Shepody Healing Centre.
It was opened in 1962 as a minimum security prison on a hill overlooking the Memramcook River valley.
Dorchester County is a county located in U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,540. Its county seat is St. George.
Westmorland County is a county in New Brunswick, a province of Canada. It is in the south-eastern part of the province. It contains the fast-growing commercial centre of Moncton and its northern and eastern suburbs. Also located in the county are the university town of Sackville and the tourist destination of Shediac.
Memramcook, sometimes also spelled Memramcouke or Memramkouke, is a village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. Located in south-eastern New Brunswick, the community is predominantly people of Acadian descent who speak the Chiac derivative of the French language. An agricultural village, it has a strong local patrimony, key to the history of the region. It was home to Mi'kmaqs for many years and was the arrival site of Acadians in 1700. A large part of these Acadians were deported in 1755, but the village itself survived.
Dorchester is a village and shire town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is named for Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, an 18th-century Governor-General of the old Province of Quebec.
The Correctional Service of Canada, also known as Correctional Service Canada or Corrections Canada, is the Canadian federal government agency responsible for the incarceration and rehabilitation of convicted criminal offenders sentenced to two years or more. The agency has its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario.
Fort Folly 1 is a Mi'kmaq Indian reserve located near Dorchester in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Henry Read Emmerson was a Canadian business executive, salesman, and politician.
Dorchester may refer to:
The Dorchester Penitentiary is a Canadian federal corrections facility located in the village of Dorchester, New Brunswick. It shares a property with Westmorland Institution and Shepody Healing Centre.
The Springhill Institution is a Canadian federal corrections facility located in the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia.
Amos Botsford was a lawyer, judge, land owner and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Westmorland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1786 to 1812.
Sir Pierre-Amand Landry, was an Acadian lawyer, judge and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Westmorland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1870 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1883. He represented Kent in the House of Commons of Canada from 1883 to 1890 as a Conservative member.
Amasa Emerson Killam was a political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Westmorland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1879 to 1882 and from 1883 to 1899 as a Liberal-Conservative member.
Ambroise D. Richard was a lawyer and political figure of Acadian descent in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Westmorland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1895 to 1899 as a Conservative member.
Enbridge Gas New Brunswick is a subsidiary of Enbridge that provides natural gas distribution in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. On December 4, 2018, Enbridge announced an agreement to sell Enbridge Gas New Brunswick to Liberty Utilities (Canada) LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp., for a cash purchase price of CAD $331 million.
Route 935 is a 36.3-kilometre (22.6 mi)-long north-to-south secondary highway in the southeastern portion of New Brunswick, Canada.
Dorchester is a civil parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Sackville Memorial Hospital is a Canadian hospital located in the town of Sackville, New Brunswick.
Upper Dorchester is an unincorporated community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. The community is situated in Southeastern New Brunswick, to the south-east of Moncton. Upper Dorchester is part of Greater Moncton.
Shepody Healing Centre, established in 2001, is a multi-level security facility at Dorchester Penitentiary in Dorchester, New Brunswick, serving male offenders with serious mental health conditions. As one of five regional treatment centres operated by Correctional Service Canada (CSC), the Centre also provides inpatient and outpatient emergency and consultative services to other facilities in the Atlantic Region.