Meductic, New Brunswick
{{distinguish|Meductic Indian Village / Fort Meductic}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| subdivision_name4 = Lakeland Ridges
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Meductic is a community and former municipality along the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the village of Lakeland Ridges. It is approximately 33 kilometres southeast of Woodstock.
History
{{See also|History of New Brunswick|List of historic places in York County, New Brunswick}}
During the Expulsion of the Acadians, the village was burned in the St. John River Campaign (1758). Until the 18th century, Meductic was the largest settlement of the Wolastoqiyik people.{{Cite web|title=Fredericton {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fredericton|access-date=2020-12-14|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}
On 1 January 2023, Meductic amalgamated with the village of Canterbury and all or part of five local service districts to form the new village of Lakeland Ridges.{{cite web |title=Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act |url=https://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cr/2022-50 |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=11 January 2023 |date=12 October 2022}}{{cite web |title=RSC 12 - Western Valley Regional Service Commission |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/local-governance/maps/RSC12.html |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=17 January 2023}} The community's name remains in official use.{{cite press release |title=Proposed entity names reflect strong ties to nature and history |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2022.05.0267.html |location=Irishtown, New Brunswick |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |date=25 May 2022 |access-date=18 January 2023}}
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Meductic had a population of {{val|180|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|83|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|93|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:180-215}}|215|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|215|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|6.26|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|180|6.26|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.
Notable people
{{Main|List of people from York County, New Brunswick}}
See also
References
- [https://archive.org/details/cihm_12322 The old Meductic Fort and the Indian chapel of Saint Jean Baptiste: paper read before the New Brunswick Historical Society (1897)]
{{Subdivisions of New Brunswick|towns=yes|villages=yes|counties=yes|state=expanded}}
Category:Former villages in New Brunswick
Category:Communities in York County, New Brunswick
Category:2023 disestablishments in New Brunswick
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