Minto (New Brunswick)
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| Location in New Brunswick | |||
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| Province : | New Brunswick | ||
| County: | Queens County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 5 ′ N , 66 ° 5 ′ W | ||
| Residents : | 2505 (as of 2011) | ||
| Time zone : | Atlantic Time ( UTC − 4 ) | ||
| Postal code : | E4B 2T3 | ||
| Area code : | +1 506 | ||
| Website : | www.villageofminto.ca | ||
Minto is a village in the Canadian province of New Brunswick . The population in 2006 was 2,681 and had decreased slightly by 2011 to 2,505.
geography
Minto is located partly in Queens County and partly in Sunbury County near the northern tip of Grand Lake . New Brunswick's provincial capital, Fredericton, is around 45 kilometers southwest . Moncton to the east is around 100 kilometers away.
history
The place was initially called Northfield , but took the name Minto in 1904 in honor of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto . The livelihood of the inhabitants was coal mining, as there is an extensive coal deposit in the area. The coal was doing in the open pit ( open-pit mining promoted). Railway connections of the New Brunswick Coal and Railway and Fredericton and Grand Lake Coal and Railway also led to Minto. Due to the continuing strong demand for coal, the population survived the Great Depression ( Great Depression ) without problems. A tragic accident in a coal mine in 1932 claimed five lives. A memorial stone commemorates the victims. New Brunswick's state-owned utility , NB Power , commissioned a local coal-fired power plant, the Grand Lake Generating Station, in 1931 . Other NB Power plants, such as the fluidized bed plant in Chatham or the Belledune Generating Station , were also operated with Minto coal at times. After the coal mines were closed in 2010, however, some coal-fired power plants also ceased operations.
Although coal mining is no longer in operation, the traditional Minto Coal Mining Festival continues to take place every year . The place is now increasingly involved with tourist offers.
gallery
Minto Museum and Veterans Park , 2013
Minto Gazebo in Veterans Park , 2013
The Grand Lake Generating Station , 2010
Memorial stone for the victims of the mine disaster
Yeaman's House
Minto Memorial High School
The Yeamans House was in the list of historic places in Sunbury County, New Brunswick recorded.
Web links
- New Brunswick ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved July 29, 2019.