Petitcodiac (New Brunswick)
| Petitcodiac | |||
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| Nickname : Where the River begins | |||
| Location in New Brunswick | |||
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| Province : | New Brunswick | ||
| County: | Westmorland County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 56 ′ N , 65 ° 11 ′ W | ||
| Area : | 17.22 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1429 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 83 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Atlantic Time ( UTC − 4 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 506 | ||
| Postal code : | E4Z 6H4 | ||
| Area code : | +1 506 | ||
| Mayor : | Gerald Gogan | ||
| Website : | www.petitcodiac.ca | ||
 Petitcodiac Baptist Church |
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Petitcodiac is a village in Westmorland County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick with 1429 inhabitants (2011).
geography
The connecting roads New Brunswick Route 1 , New Brunswick Route 106 , New Brunswick Route 885 and New Brunswick Route 890 run through Petitcodiac . The New Brunswick Route 2 touches the place in the north. The Petitcodiac River flows through the middle of the village . Moncton is 35 kilometers to the northeast and Saint John is about 100 kilometers to the southwest.
history
The original inhabitants were the Mi'kmaq and Maliseet Indians , who gave the river in this region the name Pet-kot-que , which means something like "river that runs in an arch". From this the later settlers developed the name Petitcodiac for the river and the place . The first settlement was built in 1786 on a site on the river that had been used as a portage for a long time . After the construction of a railway line, the place grew rapidly and various smaller businesses were founded. Two devastating fires in 1913 and 1919 destroyed large parts of the building and at times earned the place the nickname Village of Fire . The global economic crisis that began in the late 1920s and the beginning of World War II were further setbacks. The beginnings of an economic recovery were delayed by two further fires in 1986 and 1993. Since then, the place has tried to establish itself as a stopover for travelers and goods between Moncton and Saint John.
literature
- Rainer Hempel: The Splendid 'Isolation' of the Petitcodiac Germans, in German-Canadian Yearbook, 16, ed. Lothar Zimmermann, Hartmut Fröschle , Myka Burke. Historical Society of Mecklenburg, Upper Canada , Toronto 2000 ISSN 0316-8603
Web links
- Petitcodiac-Village - City Data