Tide Head, New Brunswick
Tide Head | |
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![]() Tide Head Village Hall and Fire Department | |
Nickname: Fiddlehead Capital of the World | |
Coordinates: 47°59′06″N 66°45′54″W / 47.985°N 66.765°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Restigouche |
Parish | Addington |
Village Status | 1966 |
Electoral Districts Federal | Madawaska—Restigouche |
Provincial | Restigouche West |
Government | |
• Type | Tide Head Village Council |
• Mayor | Randy Hunter |
• Councillors | List of Members
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• MP | René Arseneault (Lib.) |
• MLA | Gilles LePage (Lib.) |
Area | |
• Land | 19.43 km2 (7.50 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 938 |
• Density | 48.3/km2 (125/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 417 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Postal code(s) |
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Area code | 506 |
Access Routes ![]() | ![]() |
Median Income* | $77,466 CDN |
Website | http://www.tidehead.ca/ |
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Tide Head (2016 population: 938) was a Canadian village in Restigouche County, New Brunswick.[3][2]
Tide Head is now a part of the city of Campbellton.[4]
Geography
Located on the south bank of the Restigouche River, 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Downtown Campbellton, the village is situated where the tides on the Restigouche River cease to become visible – the reason for its name.
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History
The first settlers of the area were Scottish. Early area farms were owned by Moffats, Gerrards, Duncans, Adams, Duffs, Barclays, Christophers, and Ayletts. Most of these early settlers, such as James Aylett, a British subject in the 20th regiment of his Majesty's Army; Thomas Barclay, a Scotsman; and Robert Adams are buried in the Athol House Cemetery near Frasers Mill. Graves in the cemetery date from as early as 1791. The Athol House Cemetery is the oldest British Cemetery in Restigouche County.
The railway that passes through Tide Head was started in 1875 and the first train went west in 1878. The train passes through a tunnel in the hillside of Morrisey Rock, the only active tunnel on the railway system in the Maritimes.
Tide Head was incorporated into a village in 1966. The first Mayor of the incorporated village was Jim Adams. The current Mayor of Tide Head is Randy Hunter.
Tide Head bills itself as the Fiddlehead Capital of the World and is predominantly English.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tide Head had a population of 951 living in 419 of its 433 total private dwellings, a change of 1.4% from its 2016 population of 938. With a land area of 19.34 km2 (7.47 sq mi), it had a population density of 49.2/km2 (127.4/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
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Mother tongue (2016)[2]
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Notable people
See also
References
- ^ "Tide Head". Government of New Brunswick.
- ^ a b c d e "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Tide Head, Village [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Tide Head
- ^ "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act". Government of New Brunswick. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 2011 census
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