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Atholville
Atholville
Village
	View of Sugarloaf from Atholville
	Seal
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Restigouche
Parish	Addington
Village Status	1966
Electoral Districts ; Federal	; Madawaska—Restigouche
Provincial	Campbellton-Restigouche Centre
Government
• Type	Village Council
• Mayor	Michel Soucy (term 2012-2016)
• Deputy Mayor	Maurice Power
• Councillors	List of Members Betty Cleveland Firth; Gaëtan Cormier; Gérard Fallu; Jean Soucy; Gérard Fallu;
Area
• Land	10.25 km2 (3.96 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,237
• Density	120.7/km2 (313/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	6.1%
• Dwellings	588
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code(s)	E3N 0A7; 3V9; 3W1-3W6; 3Z2-3Z9; 4A1-4A6, 4A8-4A9; 4B1-4B9; 4C1-4C9; 4E1-4E9; 4G1-4G2, 4G4; 4H1; 4J2-4J3; 4K5; 4L3; 4N3; 4P4; 4R4, 4R6; 4S1-4S9; 4T1-4T2, 4T6; 5B7; 5C2-5C3, 5C5-5C6;
Area code	506
Access Routes ; Route 11	; Route 134
Website	www.atholville.net

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Atholville (2011 population: 1,237) is a Canadian village in Restigouche County, New Brunswick.^[4]

The first inhabitants of the area were the Mi'kmaq who settled there in the 6th century BC and were then called Tjikog. With 400 people, it was their biggest village and the only one permanently inhabited in the region. The Acadians arrived in 1750. It was at this time that the Mi'kmaq left the area and went to Listuguj in Quebec. The French defeat at the Battle of Restigouche on 8 July 1760 was damaging to the development of the settlement. The Intercolonial Railway, however, was inaugurated in 1876 and Anglophone merchants developed the forestry industry in the early 20th century. The village then experienced significant growth and was incorporated as a municipality in 1966. A shopping centre frequented by people from the whole region was established there from 1974. The forestry industry still plays an important role in the local economy.

Atholville's population is mostly Acadian but there is also a substantial anglophone minority. The village has several community services and facilities, including Sugarloaf Provincial Park.

Geography

Related article: Geography of New Brunswick.

Location

Atholville is located four kilometres west of downtown Campbellton. The village, although a francophone community of the Atlantic provinces of Canada, is generally considered part of Acadia.^[5] Atholville is bordered to the north by the Restigouche River and has an area of 10.25 square kilometres.^[6] Apart from Campbellton the village is adjacent to Val-d'Amours to the south and Tide Head to the west. The Quebec side extends, from west to east, from Restigouche-Partie-Sud-Est to Pointe-à-la-Croix and Listuguj.

Walker Creek rises in the south-east of the territory. It has a few tributaries in the area with the main one continuing east parallel to Highway 11. Walker Creek flows into the Restigouche River in Campbellton. There are also a few streams flowing directly into the Restigouche River. The site of the stockade (Booming Grounds) is a salt marsh.^[7] The Appalachian Mountains cover most of the territory of the municipality. Butte Sugar, with a height of about 200 m, also extends into the territory of Tide Head and lies directly south of the built-up area of the town. South of Butte Sugar there is a valley and another mountain which extend into Val-d'Amours, Glencoe, and Tide Head, whose height exceeds 230 metres in the Atholville portion. Only a small part of the west side of Sugarloaf (281 m) is included in the territory of Atholville.

New Brunswick Route 11 passes through the centre of the municipality south of the town from east to west: this road goes from Quebec in the west to Shédiac in the southeast. The Val-D'Amour Road (Road 270) provides access from the village to Route 11. The village itself is crossed from east to west by New Brunswick Route 134 which provides access to Tide Head and Campbellton: this road is called Notre-Dame Street in the village. Val-d'Amour Road continues south to Val-d'Amour. The New Brunswick East Coast Railway, the former Intercolonial Railway, passes through the village from east to west, north of Notre-Dame Street. The river is navigable but the nearest port is Dalhousie. Campbellton railway station and Charlo Airport complete the means of transport in the region. There are taxis in Campbellton. The Cormier taxi connects Montreal to the Acadian Peninsula and has a stop in the village.

Geology

The geological base of Atholville is composed of several rock types. North of Notre-Dame Street in the lowest area there are Clastic rocks from the Campbellton formation.^[8] Between this street and Highway 11 are Felsic rocks from the Dalhousie group.^[8] Both types of rocks are Lower Devonian (394 to 418 million years old).^[8] South of Highway 11 rather there are carbonates and evaporites from the Chaleur formation dating from the Upper Silurian period (418-424 million years ago).^[8]

Environment

The Booming Grounds on the border with Tide Head is an area coming under the Joint Plan of Eastern Habitats.^[9] They are home to migratory aquatic birds and breeding grounds for birds such as the Great blue heron, the Osprey, and various mammals. In addition, up to 2,000 snow geese can be observed between mid-April and late May.^[10] There are many rare plants growing here including the Elodea nuttallii, the jonc délié, and the Common snakeroot.^[9] Fourteen species of fish have been recorded in the river, the most common being the Atlantic salmon and the Slimy sculpin.^[11]

Although considered a threatened species, the wood turtle is common in the region.^[9] Despite the imposition of environmental controls, the AV Cell works emitted sulphur dioxide and ash into the atmosphere in 2007 several times for which they were fined in 2009.^[12]^[13]

Housing

According to Statistics Canada the village had 576 private dwellings in 2006 including 550 occupied by residents. Out of these units 73.6% are individual, 6.4% are apartments or duplexes, and 17.3% are buildings with fewer than five storeys. Finally, 1.8% of dwellings are classified as "other" such as mobile-homes. 72.7% of dwellings are owned while 27.3% are rented. 78.2% were built before 1986 and 3.6% are in need of major repairs. The Housing units have an average of 6.3 rooms and no accommodation is unoccupied. Owned dwellings have an average value of CAD 83,661 compared to CAD 119,549 for the province.^[14]

Toponymy

The village originally had the name Tjikog^[15] but the spellings Tjigog^[16] Jugugw, Tchigouk,^[17] and Tzigog^[18] also exist. Tjikog means "a place of superior men" in Mi'kmaq.

According to oral tradition in 1639 the village was renamed Listo Gotj by Chief Tonel.^[17] The exact meaning of the place name is unknown although Father Pacifique de Valigny suggested the meaning "disobey your father!".^[16] There are many other translations: "a river dividing like a hand", "a fun place in spring", "river of the long war", "small forest", "small tree", "theatre of the great squirrel quarrel", "good river for canoeing", "beautiful river like five fingers", "five branches", or "many branches".^[16] In 1642 Barthélemy Vimont was the first to make a written record of the name Restigouche in reference to Chaleur Bay.^[16] In 1672 Nicolas Denys was the first to mention the use of the name in connection with the village, in his Geographical and historical description of the coasts of North America, with the natural history of this country.^[19] According to Father Pacifique the names Listuguj and Ristigouche or Restigouche^{[Note 1]} derived from Listo Gotj.^[16]^[17] Moreover, the toponym Restigouche applies, especially in a historical context, to all the settlements along the river.^[20]

The village was called Sainte-Anne-de-Restigouche in the 17th century.^[21]^[22] This name applied to the Listuguj Catholic mission in the early 20th century.^[16]

The entrepreneur Robert Ferguson (1768-1851) arrived in the area in 1796 from Logierait near Blair Atholl in Scotland and built a house called Athol House: this was actually one of many Scottish names in the North of the County.^[23] Robert Ferguson was nicknamed the "father and founder of Restigouche".^[23] There is a village called Blair Athol 18 km by road south-east of Atholville,^[23] while Point Ferguson in Atholville is named after him.^[24]

At the beginning of the 20th century the village was known under four names at the same time: Soiot Athol, Shives Athol, Athol House, and Ferguson Manor.^[25] One post office had Ferguson Manor on its door from 1916 to 1923 and another had Shives Athol from 1907 to 1931.^[26] Following a petition the village was officially named Atholville in June 1922.^[25] The Ferguson Manor post office was renamed Atholville in the following year.^[26]

History

Related articles: History of New Brunswick and History of the Acadians.

Prehistory

Covered with ice during the Wisconsin glaciation, the Atholville district was probably released from the glaciers in about 13,000 BC.^[27] The Goldthwait Sea subsequently covered the coastal area,^[27] then gradually receded until around 8,000 BC. due to Post-glacial rebound.^[28]

The village Tjikog has been permanently inhabited since at least the 6th century BC. by the Mi'kmaqs.^[15] Tjikog was fortified by a piled wall and also had a cemetery.^[17] Tjikog was located in the district of Gespegeoag which included the coastline of Chaleur Bay:^[29] it was the only permanently inhabited village in the whole district.^[17] Before the arrival of Europeans the village had a population of between 400 to 500,^[17] making Tjikog the largest Mi'kmaq village.^[22] Mi'kmaq lifestyle was based on hunting seals and birds, fishing with harpoons, and collecting shellfish. The population lived along the river nearly all year.^[15] The emblem of Tjikog is the salmon.^[29]

The French period

In July 1534 Jacques Cartier entered Chaleur Bay up to the mouth of the Restigouche River.^[16] The French founded Acadia in 1604. Father Sebastian, a Recollect, was the first missionary to visit Tjikog in 1619 and he found a cross planted in front of a "hut of prayer".^[30] The Capuchins replaced the Recollects in 1624 and the Jesuits followed in the same year then the Recollects returned in 1661.^[31] The efforts of missionaries were initially focused on Cape Breton Island - where the capital of the Mi'kmaq was - then moved to Tjikog, which was regarded as the centre of Saint Anne worship in Mi'kmaq and Acadia.^[22] In 1642 Father André Richard lived in the village for six months.^[21] Chief Nepsuget was baptised in 1644 then 40 others in 1647.^[30] Increasingly frequent contacts with Europeans allowed the Mi'kmaqs to acquire things, especially those made from metal, in exchange for furs.^[32]. However, diseases brought in by Europeans decimated much of the population from the 17th century.^[32]

Gespegeoag was first claimed by the Iroquois and then later only by the Mohawks.^[29] Oral tradition maintains, however, that in 1639 at the beginning of the Beaver Wars, a group of Mohawks from Kahnawake met Mi'kmaq fishermen in Long Island^{[Note 2]} and, despite the warnings of his father, the son of the Mohawk Chief massacred the Mi'kmaqs sparing none but Chief Tonel.^{[Note 3]} ^[17] After his recovery Chief Tonel went to Kahnawake. Before executing the leaders of the attack, he exclaimed: Gotj Listo! meaning "disobey your father!".^[17] From this the village was renamed Listo Gotj on his return.^[17] Nicolas Denys established a store at Listo Gotj in 1647^[21] but had to abandon it in 1650.^[31] ^[33] Richard Denys, the son of Nicolas, obtained control of the land on the departure of his father to France in 1671.^[34] The missionary Chrétien Le Clercq lived in Listo Gotj in 1676^[35] where he wrote his main texts on the Mi'kmaqs.^[22] Richard found a new occupation at Listo Gotj in 1679 or 1680 fishing and drying fish as well as the fur trade.^[31] In 1685 he gave land to the Recollects to open a mission.^[31] ^[36] In 1688 there was a total of 17 Europeans living at Listo Gotj^[31] including 8 employees of Richard Denys.^[34] The French then maintained a trading post probably on the coast of Canada (New France).^{[Note 4]} ^[37]

The Denys family did not meet the conditions of their concession and it became crown land.^[31] The Lordship of Restigouche, 12 leagues long and 10 leagues wide^{[Note 5]}, was given to Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville in 1690.^[38] The Recollect concession was also revoked in 1690.^[34] Richard Denys bought the lordship in 1691^[31] but died in the same year.^[34] Françoise Cailleteau, the widow of Denys, then married Pierre Ray-Gaillard and settled in Quebec. They rented part of the lordship^[31] but the area became abandoned and, apart from the Micmacs, there was no more than one Frenchman, one Canadian, and some half-caste children at Listo Gotj in 1724.^[31] The United Kingdom obtained control of Acadia in 1713 through the Treaty of Utrecht. The treaty was vague: the French thought they retained the territory now corresponding to New Brunswick while the British believed they had control. The Mi'kmaq left Listo Gotj for Listuguj on the north bank of the river in Quebec. Several sources place this event in 1745^[16] ^[39] while others mention 1759^[40] and even 1770.^[20] The decision by the Mi'kmaq was related to the intrusion of Europeans into the heart of their village^[15] and their desire to move the Mi'kmaqs from a Protestant colony to a Catholic colony^[20] or rather to ensure that they remained faithful to the King of France.^[39]

The Acadians settled in Pointe-aux-Sauvages on the present site of Campbellton between 1750 and 1755 - the year of the start of the Expulsion of the Acadians.^[21] In 1753 the daughter of Françoise Cailleteau sold the lordship of Restigouche to one Bonfils from Quebec.^[31] In 1759, after the fall of Quebec, the colony begged France to send reinforcements.^[41] On 19 April 1760 six ships, under the command of François Chenard de la Giraudais, left Bordeaux carrying 400 men and food.^[41] Giraudais, on learning that a British fleet had penetrated into the St. Lawrence River, decided to take refuge in the Restigouche River and set up batteries on its banks.^[41] The Battle of Restigouche took place east of the village from 3 to 8 July 1760. The British fleet outnumbered the French.^[21] Without reinforcements, Montreal surrendered on 8 September to the troops of Jeffery Amherst. The French troops at Restigouche surrendered on 23 October and were repatriated to France. The United Kingdom officially took possession of New France in 1763 by signing the Treaty of Paris. In 1764 Bonfils tried to gain recognition of his ownership of the lordship of Restigouche but it was refused under an Act of 1759 canceling all the concessions made under the French regime.^[31]

Under British rule until the constitution

After the French and Indian War British traders established pickling plants for salmon.^[15] Meanwhile George Walker, from Bathurst, established a branch of his business in Walker Creek in 1768, on the site of Campbellton.^[37] Hugh Baillie obtained the first concession which he sold to Englishman John Shoolbred.^[37] Colonization was not, however,, a priority and Shoolbred, not having built a school or street, lost his concession to an employee.^[37]

The Loyalists arrived in New Brunswick from 1783 but did not get concessions in the county.^[38] The Listo Gotj concession was granted to Samuel Lee in 1788 and since then the village became more developed than Campbellton.^[37] Samuel Lee also opened a sawmill at Walker Creek which was the first step towards the directing of the economy to logging.^[37] The Scotsman Robert Ferguson arrived in the area in 1796 and inherited the business of his brother Alexander.^[42] His thriving business contributed to the immigration of other Scots to the region.^[43] A chapel was built in 1810 in the old cemetery: it closed its doors in 1834.^[44] Around 1812 Robert Ferguson built boats at Listo Gotj.^[42] Part of the fleet, which had Ferguson aboard, was captured by american pirates during the War of 1812.^[42] After leaving his confinement Robert Ferguson built a store and a house named Athol House^[42] from which the village derives its modern name of Atholville.^[23] The 1825 Miramichi Fire destroyed much of the New Brunswick forests.^[15] The logging industry then moved northward and sawmills and shipyards were opened in Atholville and also in Campbellton^[15] from 1828.^[37] Meanwhile, in 1826 Atholville and several other places in the area were grouped into Addington Parish in Gloucester County from a portion of Beresford Parish.^{[Note 6]} ^[45] Restigouche County, comprising the parishes of Addington and Eldon was separated from Gloucester County in 1837.^[45].

Robert Ferguson was granted the concession for the territory in 1850.^[21] A school was opened at that time on Roseberry Street in Campbellton which served Atholville. This building sparked the development of the urban area towards Atholville in the west.^[37] The stocks of quality trees were exhausted in 1855 but fish canning and shingle factories opened.^[37] The Intercolonial Railway passed through the village in 1876 which represented a significant economic opportunity.^[15] Athol House was used as a weather station^[46] but was destroyed in a fire in 1894.^[26] The Shives company inaugurated the largest shingle works in the Maritime Provinces in 1901.^[18] The Mowatt and WH Miller mills became operational in 1902 and 1905 respectively.^[21] The first school was founded in 1905.^[21] The post office was founded in 1906.^[47] The church opened in 1909 - Atholville was then a mission of Campbellton.^[18] The parish of Our Lady of Lourdes was set up in 1913.^[48] The construction of the Fraser mill by the Restigouche Company began in 1919.^[21] The plant was inaugurated in 1928^[49] and became the third largest paper producer in the north of the province in 1929.^[50] Atholville high school opened its doors in 1930.^[21] The Daughters of Mary of the Assumption settled in 1934.^[18] The credit union was founded in 1938.^[51] The local improvement committee was founded in 1947.^[21] A waterworks and sewer were inaugurated in 1950.^[21] The Versant-Nord school was inaugurated in 1951^[52] in the same year as the fire station.^[21] The Brothers of the Sacred Heart settled in the village in 1956.^[18] The J. C. Van Horne Bridge was inaugurated in 1961 in Campbellton which enabled faster travel to Quebec and contributed much to the economy.^[37] Radio Engineering Products opened a factory around 1963.^[18]

From the Constitution to the present day

On 9 November 1966 the Municipality of the County of Restigouche was dissolved^[53] and Atholville was incorporated as a village.^[54] The rest of Addington Parish became a Local service district in 1967.^[53] The municipal library opened its doors in the same year.^[21] A merger of Atholville with Richardsville and Campbellton was studied in 1971.^[55] but only the latter two were merged. Mayor Raymond Lagacé, who was elected in the same year, was one of the main opponents of municipal mergers.^[56] The Sugarloaf Provincial Park was opened for winter sports in 1971 and officially opened the following year.^[21] The province then saw a "golden age" of tourist development.^[57] The Restigouche Centre, a shopping centre, was built in 1974.^[21] A Community pool, offered by the Royal Canadian Legion, opened in 1975.^[21] Residential development in Saint-Louis street started in 1976.^[21] The Royal Canadian Legion got a new hall in 1977.^[21] The Fraser factory in Atholville and the NBIP Dalhousie plant each received $30 million in 1980 for modernization works.^[58] In total $170 million was invested in Atholville to convert the plant processes from bisulphate to magnesium.^[59]

The Northeast Pine company, a furniture manufacturer, closed its plant in the early 1980s^[60] and the municipality obtained ownership of the plant in 1987 to create an industrial mall.^[60] The paper industry was in crisis in the same year and Fraser separated the Atholville mill into an independent company: Atholville Pulp. The factory achieved profit in subsequent years.^[59] In 1988 the Atholville industrial park was the most used in the north of the province.^[60] The Atholville Pulp plant however closed in 1991.^[59] A pumping station was built in 1993.^[21] The Fraser company sold the Atholville Pulp factory to Repap in 1994. Repap wanted to produce methanol but market conditions forced it to abandon its plans and to close the plant in 1996 after producing pulp for only six months.^[59] Atholville Manor opened in 1998.^[21] The Fils Atlantique textile spinning mill (Atlantic Yarns) opened in the industry mall in the late 1990s.^[61]

Miller Brae park was inaugurated in 2000.^[21] A new public library was built in 2002.^[21] A new reservoir was installed in 2005.^[21] Fills Atlantique closed for 10 months in 2008 mainly because of the global recession and large debts.^[61] A recovery plan was accepted during the same year but the company finally declared bankruptcy in 2009.^[61] The Atholville Credit Union merged with the Campbellton, Balmoral, Val-d'Amour, Charlo, Eel River Crossing, and Kedgwick Credit Unions in 2009 to form the Restigouche Credit Union.^[62] From October 2010 to January 2012 the Versant-Nord school has some students from the Roland-Pépin Universal school in Campbellton during some emergency work being done on their school as the structure was dangerous.^[63] Mayor Raymond Lagacé retired from municipal politics in 2012 after 43 years including 41 at the town hall: he was the longest serving mayor in New Brunswick.^[56] The disused textile mill was purchased in 2014 by the Zenabis company to produce medical marijuana.^[64]

Administration

City Council

The council consists of a mayor and five councillors.^[54] The current council was elected at the quadrennial election of 14 May 2012.^[54]

Term	Function	Name(s)
Current Municipal Council
2012 - 2016	Mayor	Michel Soucy
2012 - 2016	Councillors	Gaëtan Cormier, Maurice Power, Betty Cleveland Firth, Gerard Fallu, Jean Soucy.
Former Municipal Councils
2008 - 2012	Mayor	Raymond Lagacé
2008 - 2012	Councillors	Roger Cormier, Gérard Fallu, Maurice Power, Gisèle Richard-Chiasson et Jean Soucy.

List of successive Mayors of Atholville
Party	Term	Name^[21]
Independent	1966-1971	Léonard Doiron
Independent	1971-2012	Raymond Lagacé
Independent	2012-2016	Michel Soucy

The municipality has six to eight employees on average, plus seasonal employees.^[21]

Budget and Taxation

The annual expenditure of Atholville village amounted to 2,936,943 dollars in 2011. Of this amount:^[65]

18.4% was spent on administration,
7.5% on town planning,
7.2% on the police,
6.3% on protection against fire,
7.1% on the distribution of water,
0.2% on emergency services,
0.1% on other protection services,
22.6% on transport,
4.1% on sanitation,
0.0% on public health,
7.2% on management,
12.4% on recreation and culture,
12.7% on debt costs, and
1.7% on signage

Regional services commission

Atholville is part of Region 2,^[66] a regional services commission (CSR) which officially started operations on 1 January 2013.^[67] Atholville is represented on the council by the Mayor.^[53] Mandatory services offered by the CSR are: regional planning, management of solid waste, emergency planning measures, and collaboration on police, planning, and cost sharing of regional infrastructure for sport, recreation and culture. Other services could be added to this list.^[68]

Representation and political trends

Related articles: Politics of Canada and Politics of New Brunswick.

In New Brunswick Atholville is part of the provincial electoral district of Campbellton-Restigouche Centre which is represented in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick by Greg Davis of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. He was elected in 2010. For the Canadian Federal Parliament, Atholville is part of the federal electoral district of Madawaska-Restigouche which is represented in the House of Commons of Canada by Bernard Valcourt of the Conservative Party of Canada. He was elected at the 41st general election in 2011.

Atholville is a member of the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick and the Francophone Association of Municipalities of New Brunswick.^[21]

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Atholville, New Brunswick community profile

	2011
Population	1,237 (-6.1% from 2006)
Land area	10.25 km² (3.96 sq mi)
Population density	120.7/km² (313/sq mi)
Median age	49.9 (M: 49.1, F: 51.2)
Private dwellings	588 (total)
Median household income	$43,469

References: 2011^[3] earlier^[69]^[70]

Historical Census Data - Atholville, New Brunswick^[71]

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	1,474	—
1996	1,376	−6.6%

Year	Pop.	±%
2001	1,381	+0.4%
2006	1,317	−4.6%

Year	Pop.	±%
2011	1,237	−6.1%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Atholville, New Brunswick^[71]
Census	Total	French			English			French & English			Other
Year	Responses	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %
2011	1,225	920	1.7%	75.10%	255	16.4%	20.82%	40	20.0%	3.26%	10	0.0%	0.82%
2006	1,270	905	17.3%	71.26%	305	38.6%	24.01%	50	n/a%	3.94%	10	60.0%	0.79%
2001	1,340	1,095	2.2%	81.72%	220	6.4%	16.42%	0	100.0%	0.00%	25	n/a%	1.86%
1996	1,380	1,120	n/a	81.16%	235	n/a	17.03%	25	n/a	1.81%	0	n/a	0.00%

Economy

The largest employer in Atholville is the AV Cell pulp mill, owned by the Aditya Birla Group.

History

Notable people

Notes and references

Notes

^ The spelling Ristigouche is more common in French while Restigouche is preferred in English. Listuguj is the modern Mi'kmaq name.
^ Long Island is located in the Ristigouche river in Tide Head, 7 kilometres west of Atholville.
^ Tonel means "thunder".
^ Not to be confused with modern Canada. Canada was a province of New France corresponding roughly with Québec.
^ About 46.8 km by 39 km, comprising the territory along the coast between Tide Head to the west and Belledune to the east.
^ In New Brunswick, a parish is a territorial sub-division which lost administrative significance in 1966 but has always been used for census purposes.

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^ Atholville website
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^ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Atholville
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^ Profiles of communities in 2006 - Atholville - Population, Statistics Canada website, consulted on 2 November 2011 Template:Fr icon.
^ Ralph W. Tiner, Field Guide to Tidal Wetland Plants of the Northeastern United States and Neighboring Canada, Vegetation of Beaches, Tidal Flats, Rocky Shores, Marshes, Swamps, and Coastal Ponds, Univ. of Massachusetts Press, 2009, 459 pages, p. 424, ISBN 9781558496675.
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^ ^a ^b ^c Zelazny (2007), opcit, p. 143-144.
^ Jeffrey C. Domm, The Formac Pocketguide to New Brunswick Birds, Formac Publishing Company, 2005, 224 pages, ISBN 978-0-88780-674-2
^ Ministry of Environment and Local government, Restigouche River, Hydrographic Basins of New Brunswick, New-Brunswick government, online 2007, consulted on 29 November 2012 Template:Fr icon.
^ Ash from the paper mill causes discontent in Atholville, Radio-Canada News, 17 October 2012, consulted on 27 November 2012 Template:Fr icon.
^ The public are not reassured, Radio-Canada News, 20 July 2007, consulted on 27 November 2012 Template:Fr icon.
^ Profiles of communities in 2006 - Atholville - Families and Households, Statistics Canada website, consulted on 20 October 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Vincent F. Zelazny, Our Country Heritage, The history of ecological classification of the lands of New-Brunswick, 2nd edition, Ministry of Natural Resources of New-Brunswick, Fredericton, 2007, 404 pages, p. 144–145, ISBN 978-1-55396-204-5, Read online, consulted on 7 August 2009 Template:Fr icon
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^ Original name: Description géographique et historique des côtes de l'Amérique septentrionale, avec l'histoire naturelle de ce pays, Template:Fr icon
^ ^a ^b ^c William Gagnong, A Monograph of the Origins of the Settlements in New Brunswick, J. Hope, Ottawa, 1904, 185 pages, p. 168-169
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa A self-sufficient municipality...and more too, consulted on 8 December 2011 Template:Fr icon
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Denise Lamontagne, Religion at Sainte-Anne in Acadia, Presses de l'Université Laval, Québec, 2011, pp. 151-152, ISBN 978-2-7637-9323-8 Template:Fr icon
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d William Baillie Hamilton, Place Names of Atlantic Canada, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1996, 502 pages, p. 45
^ Hamilton (1996), opcit, p. 74.
^ ^a ^b L'Évangéline, 15 June 1922, 5 pages, Template:Fr icon
^ ^a ^b ^c Alan Rayburn, Geographical Names of New Brunswick, Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada, Ottawa, 1975, p. 40
^ ^a ^b [http://www.gnb.ca/0078/minerals/PDF/Surficial_Mapping_NR_8.pdf General geological map of shallow sediments in New Brunswick, AA. Seaman, 2002, Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy, consulted on 7 August 2009 Template:Fr icon
^ Goldthwait Sea, Garden of Glaciers, consulted on 20 August 2012
^ ^a ^b ^c Philip K. Bock and William C. Sturtevant, Handbook of North American Indians, 13 Volumes, Vol. 1, Government Printing Office, 1978, pp. 109-110, 777 pages
^ ^a ^b Canadian Historical society of the Catholic church, Study Sessions, Société canadienne d'histoire de l'Église catholique, 1978, p. 88 Template:Fr icon.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k The French at the Athol house Site, Restigouche Galery website, consulted on 21 August 2012
^ ^a ^b Bock and Sturtevant (1978), opcit, p. 117.
^ Denys, Nicolas, George MacBeath, 2000, Online biographical dictionary of Canada website, University of Toronto, consulted on 21 August 2012
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Denys, Richard, George MacBeath, 2000, Online biographical dictionary of Canada, University of Toronto, consulted on 21 August 2012
^ [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-f.php?&id_nbr=415 Le Clercq, Chrestien, G.-M. Dumas, 2000, Online biographical dictionary of Canada, University of Toronto, consulted on 21 August 2012
^ William Gagnong, A Monograph of historic sites in the province of New Brunswick, J. Hope, Ottawa, 1899, p. 300, Read online, consulted on 15 August 2012
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Visitor Guide and maps, Campbellton website, consulted on 20 August 2012
^ ^a ^b Ganong (1899), opcit, p. 344.
^ ^a ^b Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Tawow, Volumes 1 to 6, Ottawa, 1970, p. 41
^ Bona Arsenault, History of Acadians, Fides, Montreal, 2004, 502 pages, p. 230, ISBN 978-2-7621-2613-6 Template:Fr icon
^ ^a ^b ^c W.C. Eccles, Battle of Restigouche, L'encyclopédie canadienne Template:Fr icon.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-f.php?&id_nbr=3911 Ferguson, Robert, William A. Spray, 2000, Online biographical dictionary of Canada, University of Toronto/Laval University, consulted on 29 NOvember 2012.
^ Lucille H. Campey, The Scots, The Pioneer Scots of Lower Canada, 1763-1855, Dundurn, 2006, 336 pages, p. 115, ISBN 9781554882090
^ Notre-Dame de Lourdes parish, Irene Doyle, 1998, Irene's genealogy and history website, consulted on 20 August 2012
^ ^a ^b [http://archives.gnb.ca/Documents/CountyGuides/Restigouche_fr-CA.pdf Genealogical guide to the county of Restigouche, 2006, Archives provinciales du Nouveau-Brunswick website, consulted on 24 November 2012 Template:Fr icon
^ Adrian Room, Dictionary of World Place Names Derived from British Names, Taylor & Francis, 1989, 221 pages, p. 9, ISBN 9780415028110.
^ Place names of New Brunswick - Atholville, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, consulted on 1 November 2011 Template:Fr icon.
^ Notre-Dame de Lourdes parish, Diocese of Bathurst, consulted on 20 August 2012
^ Nicolas Landry and Nicole Lang, History of Acadia, Éditions du Septentrion, Québec, 2001, p. 259 Template:Fr icon.
^ Donald J. Savoie and Maurice Beaudin, The struggle for development, the north-east case, Presses de l'Université du Québec/Institut canadien de recherche sur le développement régional, Sillery/Moncton, 1988, 282 pages, p. 32, ISBN 2760504808 Template:Fr icon
^ Étienne Fallu, The Credit Union of Atholville, 1938-1988, Atholville, 1988 Template:Fr icon
^ Francophone Northe-East, Ministry of Education of New Brunswick], consulted on 2 November 2012 Template:Fr icon
^ ^a ^b ^c Framework of local government and viable regions: plan of action for the future of local governance in New Brunswick, Jean-Guy Finn, Fredericton, November 2008, 83 pages, p. 30, ISBN 978-1-55471-181-9, Read online Template:Fr icon Cite error: The named reference "gouvernance" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b ^c Quadrennial municipal elections, 14 May 2012, Report of the Director-general on the municipal elections, Élections Read online, consulted on 24 December 2013
^ New Brunswick. Dept. of Municipal Affairs, Ministry of the Environment and local government, Amalgamation Study For Campbellton, Atholville, and Richardsville, Fredericton, 1971, 35 pages.
^ ^a ^b Jean-François Boisvert, The doyen of municipal politics demands respect, L'Acadie nouvelle, 4 April 2012 Template:Fr icon
^ John Leroux, Building New Brunswick, An Architectural History, Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, 2008, p. 239, ISBN 978-0-86492-504-6.
^ Savoie and Baudin (1988), opcit, p. 160.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Graeme Rodden, Atholville Receives a New Lease on Life as Av Cell, Pulp & Paper Canada, 1 April 1999, Read online, consulted on 23 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Savoie and Baudin (1988), opcit, p. 96.
^ ^a ^b ^c Radio-Canada, The future does not have yarn, 15 January 2009, Radio-Canada News, See online, consulted on 27 November 2012 Template:Fr icon.
^ Restigouche Credit Union, Acadian Credit Unions website, consulted on 30 December 2010.
^ Radio-Canada, Roland-Pépin school resumes life, 26 January 2012, Radio-Canada News, See online, consulted on 23 February 2012 Template:Fr icon
^ Jean-François Boisvert, Marijuana: Zenabis chooses Atholville, L'Acadie Nouvelle, 11 March 2014, Read online Template:Fr icon
^ Annual report on municipal statistics for New Brunswick - 2012, Fredericton, 2012, Read online.
^ The communities in each of 12 Regional Services Commissions (CSR), New Brunswick government website, consulted on 9 November 2012.
^ Administration councils for Regional Services Commissions announcements, New Brunswick government, consulted on 1 November 2012.
^ Obligatory services, New Brunswick gobernment website, consulted on 9 November 2012.
^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

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47°59′22″N 66°42′45″W / 47.98944°N 66.71250°W / 47.98944; -66.71250 (Atholville, New Brunswick)

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[20] The spelling Ristigouche is more common in French while Restigouche is preferred in English. Listuguj is the modern Mi'kmaq name.

[34] Long Island is located in the Ristigouche river in Tide Head, 7 kilometres west of Atholville.

[35] Tonel means "thunder".

[40] Not to be confused with modern Canada. Canada was a province of New France corresponding roughly with Québec.

[42] About 46.8 km by 39 km, comprising the territory along the coast between Tide Head to the west and Belledune to the east.

[50] In New Brunswick, a parish is a territorial sub-division which lost administrative significance in 1966 but has always been used for census purposes.

[GNB-1] Government of New Brunswick website: Atholville

[2] Atholville website

[cp2011-3] 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Atholville, New Brunswick Cite error: The named reference "cp2011" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[4] New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Atholville

[5] Murielle K. Roy and Jean Daigle, Maritime Acadia, Centre d'études acadiennes, University of Moncton, Moncton, 1993, ISBN 2921166062, Demography and demo-linguistics in Acadia, 1871-1991, p. 141 Template:Fr icon

[population-6] Profiles of communities in 2006 - Atholville - Population, Statistics Canada website, consulted on 2 November 2011 Template:Fr icon.

[7] Ralph W. Tiner, Field Guide to Tidal Wetland Plants of the Northeastern United States and Neighboring Canada, Vegetation of Beaches, Tidal Flats, Rocky Shores, Marshes, Swamps, and Coastal Ponds, Univ. of Massachusetts Press, 2009, 459 pages, p. 424, ISBN 9781558496675.

[geologie-8] Bedrock Geology of New Brunswick, Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick, consulted on 19 August 2012 Template:Fr icon

[patrimoine_143-144-9] Zelazny (2007), opcit, p. 143-144.

[10] Jeffrey C. Domm, The Formac Pocketguide to New Brunswick Birds, Formac Publishing Company, 2005, 224 pages, ISBN 978-0-88780-674-2

[bassin-11] Ministry of Environment and Local government, Restigouche River, Hydrographic Basins of New Brunswick, New-Brunswick government, online 2007, consulted on 29 November 2012 Template:Fr icon.

[12] Ash from the paper mill causes discontent in Atholville, Radio-Canada News, 17 October 2012, consulted on 27 November 2012 Template:Fr icon.

[13] The public are not reassured, Radio-Canada News, 20 July 2007, consulted on 27 November 2012 Template:Fr icon.

[familles_et_ménages-14] Profiles of communities in 2006 - Atholville - Families and Households, Statistics Canada website, consulted on 20 October 2009.

[patrimoine_144-145-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Vincent F. Zelazny, Our Country Heritage, The history of ecological classification of the lands of New-Brunswick, 2nd edition, Ministry of Natural Resources of New-Brunswick, Fredericton, 2007, 404 pages, p. 144–145, ISBN 978-1-55396-204-5, Read online, consulted on 7 August 2009 Template:Fr icon

[toponyme_qc_listuguj-16] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Listuguj, Toponymy Commission of Québec, consulted on 29 November 2012 Template:Fr icon. Cite error: The named reference "toponyme_qc_listuguj" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[galerie_micmacs-17] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ The Micmacs at the Athol house Site, Restigouche Gallery website, consulted on 21 August 2012

[guide_Acadiens-18] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Margerite Michaud, The Acadians of the Maritime provinces, historical and tourist guide, Imprimerie acadienne, Moncton, 1968, 165 pages, p. 61 Template:Fr icon.

[19] Original name: Description géographique et historique des côtes de l'Amérique septentrionale, avec l'histoire naturelle de ce pays, Template:Fr icon

[ganong_1904-110-21] William Gagnong, A Monograph of the Origins of the Settlements in New Brunswick, J. Hope, Ottawa, 1904, 185 pages, p. 168-169

[memoire-22] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa A self-sufficient municipality...and more too, consulted on 8 December 2011 Template:Fr icon

[sainte-anne_150-152-23] Denise Lamontagne, Religion at Sainte-Anne in Acadia, Presses de l'Université Laval, Québec, 2011, pp. 151-152, ISBN 978-2-7637-9323-8 Template:Fr icon

[toponyme_45-24] William Baillie Hamilton, Place Names of Atlantic Canada, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1996, 502 pages, p. 45

[25] Hamilton (1996), opcit, p. 74.

[renommage-26] L'Évangéline, 15 June 1922, 5 pages, Template:Fr icon

[rayburn-27] Alan Rayburn, Geographical Names of New Brunswick, Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada, Ottawa, 1975, p. 40

[sol-28] [http://www.gnb.ca/0078/minerals/PDF/Surficial_Mapping_NR_8.pdf General geological map of shallow sediments in New Brunswick, AA. Seaman, 2002, Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy, consulted on 7 August 2009 Template:Fr icon

[29] Goldthwait Sea, Garden of Glaciers, consulted on 20 August 2012

[handbook_109-110-30] Philip K. Bock and William C. Sturtevant, Handbook of North American Indians, 13 Volumes, Vol. 1, Government Printing Office, 1978, pp. 109-110, 777 pages

[chapelle-31] Canadian Historical society of the Catholic church, Study Sessions, Société canadienne d'histoire de l'Église catholique, 1978, p. 88 Template:Fr icon.

[galerie_acadiens-32] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k The French at the Athol house Site, Restigouche Galery website, consulted on 21 August 2012

[handbook_117-33] Bock and Sturtevant (1978), opcit, p. 117.

[dictionnaire_ndenys-36] Denys, Nicolas, George MacBeath, 2000, Online biographical dictionary of Canada website, University of Toronto, consulted on 21 August 2012

[dictionnaire_rdenys-37] Denys, Richard, George MacBeath, 2000, Online biographical dictionary of Canada, University of Toronto, consulted on 21 August 2012

[dictionnaire_leclercq-38] [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-f.php?&id_nbr=415 Le Clercq, Chrestien, G.-M. Dumas, 2000, Online biographical dictionary of Canada, University of Toronto, consulted on 21 August 2012

[ganong_1899-300-39] William Gagnong, A Monograph of historic sites in the province of New Brunswick, J. Hope, Ottawa, 1899, p. 300, Read online, consulted on 15 August 2012

[campbellton-41] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Visitor Guide and maps, Campbellton website, consulted on 20 August 2012

[ganong_1899-304-43] Ganong (1899), opcit, p. 344.

[demenagment-44] Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Tawow, Volumes 1 to 6, Ottawa, 1970, p. 41

[45] Bona Arsenault, History of Acadians, Fides, Montreal, 2004, 502 pages, p. 230, ISBN 978-2-7621-2613-6 Template:Fr icon

[bataille-46] W.C. Eccles, Battle of Restigouche, L'encyclopédie canadienne Template:Fr icon.

[dictionnaire_ferguson-47] [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-f.php?&id_nbr=3911 Ferguson, Robert, William A. Spray, 2000, Online biographical dictionary of Canada, University of Toronto/Laval University, consulted on 29 NOvember 2012.

[48] Lucille H. Campey, The Scots, The Pioneer Scots of Lower Canada, 1763-1855, Dundurn, 2006, 336 pages, p. 115, ISBN 9781554882090

[cimetière-49] Notre-Dame de Lourdes parish, Irene Doyle, 1998, Irene's genealogy and history website, consulted on 20 August 2012

[guide_genealogique_Restigouche-51] [http://archives.gnb.ca/Documents/CountyGuides/Restigouche_fr-CA.pdf Genealogical guide to the county of Restigouche, 2006, Archives provinciales du Nouveau-Brunswick website, consulted on 24 November 2012 Template:Fr icon

[gare-52] Adrian Room, Dictionary of World Place Names Derived from British Names, Taylor & Francis, 1989, 221 pages, p. 9, ISBN 9780415028110.

[arch_Atholville-53] Place names of New Brunswick - Atholville, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, consulted on 1 November 2011 Template:Fr icon.

[paroisse-54] Notre-Dame de Lourdes parish, Diocese of Bathurst, consulted on 20 August 2012

[Histoire_de_l'Acadie-55] Nicolas Landry and Nicole Lang, History of Acadia, Éditions du Septentrion, Québec, 2001, p. 259 Template:Fr icon.

[cas_32-56] Donald J. Savoie and Maurice Beaudin, The struggle for development, the north-east case, Presses de l'Université du Québec/Institut canadien de recherche sur le développement régional, Sillery/Moncton, 1988, 282 pages, p. 32, ISBN 2760504808 Template:Fr icon

[57] Étienne Fallu, The Credit Union of Atholville, 1938-1988, Atholville, 1988 Template:Fr icon

[Nord-Est-58] Francophone Northe-East, Ministry of Education of New Brunswick], consulted on 2 November 2012 Template:Fr icon

[gouvernance-59] Framework of local government and viable regions: plan of action for the future of local governance in New Brunswick, Jean-Guy Finn, Fredericton, November 2008, 83 pages, p. 30, ISBN 978-1-55471-181-9, Read online Template:Fr icon Cite error: The named reference "gouvernance" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[elections_municipales_2012-60] Quadrennial municipal elections, 14 May 2012, Report of the Director-general on the municipal elections, Élections Read online, consulted on 24 December 2013

[61] New Brunswick. Dept. of Municipal Affairs, Ministry of the Environment and local government, Amalgamation Study For Campbellton, Atholville, and Richardsville, Fredericton, 1971, 35 pages.

[maire-62] Jean-François Boisvert, The doyen of municipal politics demands respect, L'Acadie nouvelle, 4 April 2012 Template:Fr icon

[architecture-63] John Leroux, Building New Brunswick, An Architectural History, Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, 2008, p. 239, ISBN 978-0-86492-504-6.

[cas_160-64] Savoie and Baudin (1988), opcit, p. 160.

[avcell-65] Graeme Rodden, Atholville Receives a New Lease on Life as Av Cell, Pulp & Paper Canada, 1 April 1999, Read online, consulted on 23 August 2012.

[cas_96-66] Savoie and Baudin (1988), opcit, p. 96.

[fils-67] Radio-Canada, The future does not have yarn, 15 January 2009, Radio-Canada News, See online, consulted on 27 November 2012 Template:Fr icon.

[caisse-68] Restigouche Credit Union, Acadian Credit Unions website, consulted on 30 December 2010.

[69] Radio-Canada, Roland-Pépin school resumes life, 26 January 2012, Radio-Canada News, See online, consulted on 23 February 2012 Template:Fr icon

[usine-70] Jean-François Boisvert, Marijuana: Zenabis chooses Atholville, L'Acadie Nouvelle, 11 March 2014, Read online Template:Fr icon

[budget-71] Annual report on municipal statistics for New Brunswick - 2012, Fredericton, 2012, Read online.

[72] The communities in each of 12 Regional Services Commissions (CSR), New Brunswick government website, consulted on 9 November 2012.

[conseil-73] Administration councils for Regional Services Commissions announcements, New Brunswick government, consulted on 1 November 2012.

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 Miller Brae park was inaugurated in 2000.<ref name="memoire"/> A new public library was built in 2002.<ref name="memoire"/> A new reservoir was installed in 2005.<ref name="memoire"/> Fills Atlantique closed for 10 months in 2008 mainly because of the global recession and large debts.<ref name="fils"/> A recovery plan was accepted during the same year but the company finally declared bankruptcy in 2009.<ref name="fils"/> The Atholville Credit Union merged with the [[Campbellton, New Brunswick|Campbellton]], [[Balmoral, New Brunswick|Balmoral]], [[Val-d'Amour, New Brunswick|Val-d'Amour]], [[Charlo, New Brunswick|Charlo]], [[Eel River Crossing]], and [[Kedgwick]] Credit Unions in 2009 to form the Restigouche Credit Union.<ref name="caisse">[http://www.acadie.com/detail_caisse.cfm?id=22&region=1 Restigouche Credit Union], Acadian Credit Unions website, consulted on 30 December 2010.</ref> From October 2010 to January 2012 the Versant-Nord school has some students from the Roland-Pépin Universal school in Campbellton during some emergency work being done on their school as the structure was dangerous.<ref>Radio-Canada, ''Roland-Pépin school resumes life'', 26 January 2012, Radio-Canada News, [http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/atlantique/2012/01/26/004-retour-ecole-roland-pepin.shtml See online], consulted on 23 February 2012 {{Fr icon}}</ref> Mayor Raymond Lagacé retired from municipal politics in 2012 after 43 years including 41 at the town hall: he was the longest serving mayor in New Brunswick.<ref name="maire"/> The disused textile mill was purchased in 2014 by the Zenabis company to produce [[medical marijuana]].<ref name="usine">Jean-François Boisvert, ''Marijuana: Zenabis chooses Atholville'', L'Acadie Nouvelle, 11 March 2014, [http://www.acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2014/03/11/marijuana-zenabis-choisit-atholville/ Read online] {{Fr icon}}</ref>
+==Administration==
+===City Council===
+The council consists of a mayor and five councillors.<ref name="elections_municipales_2012"/> The current council was elected at the quadrennial election of 14 May 2012.<ref name="elections_municipales_2012"/>
+{{col-start}}
+{{col-2}}
+{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="wikitable centre"
+| colspan="4"| <center>'''Current Municipal Council'''</center>
+|- style="font-size: 80%; text-align: left; background-color:silver"
+! style="color: Black; text-align: center" width="100px" | Term
+! style="color: Black" width="70px" | Function
+! style="color: Black" width="480px" | Name(s)
+|- style="font-size: 80%; text-align: left;"
+| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color:#E0E0E0; color:Black;"| 2012 - 2016
+| Mayor
+| Michel Soucy
+|- style="font-size: 80%; text-align: left; background-color:#EFEFEF"
+| Councillors
+| Gaëtan Cormier, Maurice Power, Betty Cleveland Firth, Gerard Fallu, Jean Soucy.
+|-
+| colspan="4"| <center>'''Former Municipal Councils'''</center>
+|- style="font-size: 80%; text-align: left; background-color:silver"
+|- style="font-size: 80%; text-align: left;"
+| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color:#E0E0E0; color:Black;"| 2008 - 2012
+| Mayor
+| Raymond Lagacé
+|- style="font-size: 80%; text-align: left; background-color:#EFEFEF"
+| Councillors
+| Roger Cormier, Gérard Fallu, Maurice Power, Gisèle Richard-Chiasson et Jean Soucy.
+|}
+{{col-2}}
+{| class="wikitable centre"
+|-
+! colspan=6 | List of successive Mayors of Atholville
+|- style="font-size: 80%; text-align: left; background-color:silver"
+! style="color: Black; text-align: center" width="100px" | Party
+! style="color: Black; text-align: center" width="100px" | Term
+! style="color: Black; text-align: center" width="100px" | Name<ref name="memoire"/>
+|-
+| Independent
+| 1966-1971
+| Léonard Doiron
+|-
+| Independent
+| 1971-2012
+| Raymond Lagacé
+|-
+| Independent
+| 2012-2016
+| Michel Soucy
+|}
+{{col-end}}
+The municipality has six to eight employees on average, plus seasonal employees.<ref name="memoire"/>
+===Budget and Taxation===
+[[File:Hôtel de ville Atholville.JPG|thumb|The Town Hall. The fire station is visible on the right.]]
+The annual expenditure of Atholville village amounted to 2,936,943 dollars in 2011. Of this amount:<ref name="budget">Annual report on municipal statistics for New Brunswick - 2012, Fredericton, 2012, [http://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/lg-gl/pdf/MunicipalStatistics-StatistiquesMunicipales/2012.pdf Read online].</ref>
+*18.4% was spent on administration,
+* 7.5% on town planning,
+* 7.2% on the police,
+* 6.3% on protection against fire,
+* 7.1% on the distribution of water,
+* 0.2% on emergency services,
+* 0.1% on other protection services,
+* 22.6% on transport,
+* 4.1% on sanitation,
+* 0.0% on public health,
+* 7.2% on management,
+*12.4% on recreation and culture,
+*12.7% on debt costs, and
+* 1.7% on signage
+===Regional services commission===
+Atholville is part of ''Region 2'',<ref>[http://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/lg-gl/pdf/Plan/CommunitiesCommunautes.pdf The communities in each of 12 Regional Services Commissions (CSR), New Brunswick government website], consulted on 9 November 2012.</ref> a regional services commission (CSR) which officially started operations on 1 January 2013.<ref name="conseil">[http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/fr/nouvelles/communique.2011.10.1083.html Administration councils for Regional Services Commissions announcements], New Brunswick government, consulted on 1 November 2012.</ref> Atholville is represented on the council by the Mayor.<ref name="gouvernance">[http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/fr/ministeres/egl/gouvernements_locaux/content/promos/plan_daction_gouvernance_locale/gouvernance.html Governance of new Regional Services Commissions, New Brunswick government, consulted on 9 November 2012.</ref> Mandatory services offered by the CSR are: regional planning, management of solid waste, emergency planning measures, and collaboration on police, planning, and cost sharing of regional infrastructure for sport, recreation and culture. Other services could be added to this list.<ref name="services">[http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/fr/ministeres/egl/gouvernements_locaux/content/promos/plan_daction_gouvernance_locale/services_obligatoires.html Obligatory services], New Brunswick gobernment website, consulted on 9 November 2012.</ref>
+===Representation and political trends===
+Related articles: [[Politics of Canada]] and [[Politics of New Brunswick]].
+In [[New Brunswick]] Atholville is part of the provincial electoral district of [[Campbellton-Restigouche Centre]] which is represented in the [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick]] by [[Greg Davis]] of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick]]. He was elected in 2010. For the [[Parliament of Canada|Canadian Federal Parliament]], Atholville is part of the federal electoral district of [[Madawaska-Restigouche]] which is represented in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] by [[Bernard Valcourt]] of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]]. He was elected at the 41st general election in 2011.
+Atholville is a member of the ''Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick'' and the ''Francophone Association of Municipalities of New Brunswick''.<ref name="memoire"/>
 ==Demographics==

v t e Subdivisions of New Brunswick
Cities	Bathurst Campbellton Dieppe Edmundston Fredericton Miramichi Moncton Saint John
Towns	Beaurivage Belle-Baie Cap-Acadie Caraquet Carleton North Champdoré Grand Bay–Westfield Grand Falls Grand-Bouctouche Hampton Hartland Hautes-Terres Heron Bay Île-de-Lamèque Oromocto Quispamsis Riverview Rivière-du-Nord Rothesay Saint-Quentin Salisbury Shediac Shippagan St. Andrews St. Stephen Sussex Tantramar Vallée-des-Rivières Woodstock
Villages	Arcadia Belledune Bois-Joli Doaktown Five Rivers Fredericton Junction Fundy Albert Fundy-St. Martins Grand Lake Grand Manan Lakeland Ridges McAdam Memramcook Neguac New Maryland Nouvelle-Arcadie Southern Victoria Three Rivers Tobique Valley Tracy Valley Waters
Regional municipality	Tracadie
Rural communities	Alnwick Butternut Valley Campobello Island Central York Eastern Charlotte Hanwell Harvey Haut-Madawaska Kedgwick Maple Hills Miramichi River Valley Nackawic-Millville Nashwaak Strait Shores Sunbury-York South Upper Miramichi
Rural districts	Acadian Peninsula Capital Region Chaleur Fundy Greater Miramichi Kent Kings Northwest Restigouche Southeast Southwest Western Valley
Other administrative divisions	Indian reserves Regional service commissions School districts Counties Civil parishes Local service districts
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