Woodstock (New Brunswick)

Woodstock
Location in New Brunswick
	Woodstock
	Woodstock
State :	Canada
Province :	New Brunswick
County:	Carleton County
Coordinates :	46 ° 9 ′ N , 67 ° 36 ′ W Coordinates: 46 ° 9 ′ N , 67 ° 36 ′ W
Height :	50 m
Area :	13.41 km²
Residents :	5254 (as of 2011)
Population density :	391.8 inhabitants / km²
Time zone :	Atlantic Time ( UTC − 4 )
Postal code :	E7M
Area code :	+1 506
Mayor :	Arthur L. Slipp
Website :	town.woodstock.nb.ca
	; Main Street

Woodstock is a city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick and the administrative seat ( shire town ) of Carleton County. The population in 2011 was 5254 people.

geography

Woodstock is traversed by the Meduxnekeag River, which flows into the Saint John River on the eastern edge of the city . The connecting roads New Brunswick Route 2 and New Brunswick Route 95 , the extension of which continues in the United States as Interstate 95 , meet on the western edge of Woodstock. Florenceville-Bristol is about 30 kilometers to the north. The US state of Maine begins at a distance of 15 kilometers to the west.

history

After the American Revolutionary War , loyalists settled in the area. The name of the place Woodstock goes back to William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland , who also led the subordinate title Earl of Portland and Viscount Woodstock . On May 1, 1856, Woodstock was the first city founded in the province of New Brunswick. Due to the convenient location on two rivers, small and medium-sized industrial companies such as grain mills, sawmills, tanneries, wagon factories, foundries and a wool factory settled in the village. With the commissioning of the New Brunswick Railway and the New Brunswick and Canada Railway , rail traffic was increasingly used for the transport of goods .

Today Woodstock serves primarily as a shopping center for the surrounding smaller towns, is active in tourism and benefits from its proximity to the United States.

Many of Woodstock's historic streets, squares, and buildings are featured on the National Historic Sites of Canada in New Brunswick and the List of historic places in Carleton County, New Brunswick , respectively . These include the Old Carleton County Court House , LP Fisher Public Library , Carleton County Jail, and Charles Connell House .