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New Bandon-Salmon Beach

{{about|the former local service district|the geographic parish and rural census subdivision|New Bandon Parish, New Brunswick}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Location map|Canada New Brunswick|lat=47.667|long=-65.333|width=200|caption=Location of the Parish of New Bandon-Salmon Beach in New Brunswick|label=New Bandon-Salmon Beach}}

New Bandon-Salmon Beach was a local service district in New Brunswick, Canada. It was merged into the rural district of {{ill|Chaleur (rural district)|lt=Chaleur|fr|Chaleur (district rural)}} on 1 January 2023,{{cite web |title=Chaleur rural district: RD 3 |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/local-governance/maps/RD3.html |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=23 March 2023}} with a small area now part of the city of Bathurst.

New Bandon was named after the town of Bandon in Ireland. It was located {{cvt|12|km|mi}} east of the city of Bathurst, New Brunswick on Nepisiguit Bay.

History

New Bandon-Salmon Beach was located on the historical territory of the Mi'kmaq people. The seigneurie of Nepisiguit, containing the area that would become New Bandon-Salmon Beach, was ceded to France on 19 March 1691.{{Cite map |last=Ganong |first=William |author-link=William Francis Ganong |url=https://archive.org/details/cihm_12510/page/n119/mode/2up |title=A monograph of historic sites in the province of New Brunswick |year=1899 |at=Map 39}} The community of New Bandon was founded in 1819 by 70 Protestant families from Bandon, County Cork in Ireland.{{sfn|Ganong|1904|p=153}} New Bandon was touched by the 1825 Miramichi fire, which consumed approximately {{cvt|16000|km2|mi2}} of forest in northeastern New Brunswick.{{sfn|Webster|1942|pp=61-62}} Salmon Beach was also founded by Irish immigrants between 1820 and 1830.{{sfn|Ganong|1904|p=170}} The parish of New Bandon was established in 1831.{{sfn|Ganong|1904|p=153}}

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, New Bandon-Salmon Beach had a population of {{#expr:487+345}} living in {{#expr:228+165}} of its {{#expr:280+232}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:{{#expr:487+345}}-{{#expr:459+354}}}}|{{#expr:459+354}}|1}} from its 2016 population of {{#expr:459+354}}. With a land area of {{cvt|{{#expr:191.66+154.14}}|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|{{#expr:487+345}}|{{#expr:191.66+154.14}}|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.

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|+ Population of New Bandon-Salmon Beach

!scope="col"| Name{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810001201 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=January 2, 2025}}

!scope="col"| Parish{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=311&SR=1&S=87&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=13 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (New Brunswick) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 7, 2018 | accessdate=August 30, 2021}}

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scope="row"| New Bandon-Salmon Beach part ANew Bandon{{change|487|459|dec=1|align=center|invert=on}}align=center| {{nts|191.66}}align=center| {{Pop density|487|191.66|km2|prec=1}}
scope="row"| New Bandon-Salmon Beach part BBathurst{{change|345|354|dec=1|align=center|invert=on}}align=center| {{nts|154.14}}align=center| {{Pop density|345|154.14|km2|prec=1}}
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| {{change|{{#expr:487+345}}|{{#expr:459+354}}|dec=1|align="center"|bold=on|invert=on|bgcolour=#f2f2f2}}

|align=center| {{#expr:191.66+154.14}}

| {{Pop density|{{#expr:487+345}}|{{#expr:191.66+154.14}}|km2|prec=1}}

See also

References

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=Bibliography=

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  • {{cite book|date=1942 |first1=J. Clarence |language=en |last1=Webster |location=Fredericton |publisher=New Brunswick Government Bureau of Information and Tourist Travel |title=Historical Guide to New Brunswick}}
  • {{cite book|author-link1=William Francis Ganong |date=1904 |first1=William Francis |language=en |last1=Ganong |location=Ottawa |publisher=J. Hope |title=A Monograph of the Origins of the Settlements in New Brunswick}}

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Category:Communities in Gloucester County, New Brunswick

Category:Designated places in New Brunswick

Category:Local service districts of Gloucester County, New Brunswick

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