Drummond, New Brunswick
Appearance
Drummond (2001 population: 932) is a Canadian village in Victoria County, New Brunswick.
It is located in rolling farm land approximately 5 kilometres southeast of Grand Falls; roughly 95% of its residents are Francophone.
The village was first settled by Irish immigrants in the 1850s. It was named after Gordon Drummond, a Major in the British Army.
Trivia
- Acadian settlement occurred during the latter half of the 19th century.
- Drummond's economy is centred on the potato industry.
- Cereals such as wheat, barley and oats are grown mainly as crop rotation.
- Ron Turcotte, who won the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1973, was born in Drummond.
- Drummond is known to have some of the best soil for growing potatoes in New Brunswick.
- More than 50% of the potatoes grown are sold for processing to McCain Foods Limited.
- More than 45% of the potatoes are grown as seed potatoes destined outside of New Brunswick.
Potato Farms as of 2008
- Bard Farms Ltd.
- Alain S. Cote
- Gilles Pierre Cote
- Enoil Cote
- Fermes F.C. Daigle Inc.
- Fermes L.P. Desjardins Inc.
- Fermes Gilles Desjardins Ltd.
- Fermes Semences Desjardins Seed Farms Ltd.
- Les Fermes Dionnes Ltee.
- Fermes Givskud Inc.
- Fermes Godbout
- Fermes Levesque
- Leon Michaud
- Albert Jr. Moreau
- Ouellette Seed Farms Ltd.
- Jean-Marie Pelletier
- Marcel Pelletier
- Rino Pelletier
- Hans Rademaker
- Rick Rademaker
- Tepper Farms Ltd.
- Tobique Farms Ltd.
- Fermes Robert Theriault
- Fermes L.P. Theriault Ltd.
- Eveleigh Watson
- Robert Watson
Village de Drummond (FR)