Dorchester (New Brunswick)

Dorchester
Location in New Brunswick
	Dorchester
	Dorchester
State :	Canada
Province :	New Brunswick
County:	Westmorland County
Coordinates :	45 ° 54 ′ N , 64 ° 31 ′ W Coordinates: 45 ° 54 ′ N , 64 ° 31 ′ W
Area :	5.74 km²
Residents :	1167 (as of 2011)
Population density :	203.3 inhabitants / km²
Time zone :	Atlantic Time ( UTC − 4 )
Postal code :	E4K
Area code :	+1 506
Mayor :	Jerome S. Bear
Website :	www.dorchester.ca

Dorchester is a village ( Village ) and the administrative center of the Westmorland County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick with 1,167 inhabitants (2011).

geography

Moncton is 30 kilometers to the northwest. Sackville is about ten kilometers to the east. The Memramcook River touches Dorchester in the west. The connecting road New Brunswick Route 106 runs right through the village.

history

Guy Carleton,
1st Baron Dorchester

The indigenous people of the area were Mi'kmaq Indians . The first settlements were created by Akadis . The place is named after Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester . The place developed into a popular stopover for travelers with stagecoach (English: stagecoach ). One of the first brick buildings in New Brunswick was the Bell Inn, used as a hotel in 1821 . After the end of the stagecoach era, shipbuilding became the main livelihood of the residents. In 1880, the Dorchester Penitentiary , a maximum security prison with inmates, was placed on the List of historic places in Westmorland County, New Brunswick , along with the Bell Inn and the Weldon House Hotel .

Pictures and objects from the early days of the place can be viewed in the Keillor House Museum .

Today Dorchester is also active in tourism. Ornithologists in particular visit the region, as some rare species of snipe bird (English: sandpiper ) can be observed here. White-tailed deer and elk can sometimes be found in the surrounding forests .