Point Wolfe
{{infobox settlement
| name = Point Wolfe
| settlement_type = Abandoned village
| image_skyline = Timberpointwolferiver w300h202.jpg
| image_caption = Point Wolfe, c. 1915
|pushpin_map = New Brunswick
|pushpin_label_position =
|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Point Wolfe within New Brunswick
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{CAN}}
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = {{NB}}
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Albert
|subdivision_type3 = Parish
|subdivision_name3 = Alma
|coordinates = {{coord|45|33|13|N|65|0|46|W|region:CA-NB|display=inline,title}}
| population = 0
| named_for = James Wolfe
}}
Point Wolfe is a former Canadian village in Albert County, New Brunswick. It is currently a campground location at Fundy National Park.{{cite web |title=Parcs Canada - Parc national Fundy - Patrimoine culturel |url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pc.gc.ca%2Ffra%2Fpn-np%2Fnb%2Ffundy%2Fnatcul%2Fcultur.aspx#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |website=archive.wikiwix.com |language=fr}}
Geography
Point Wolfe was located in the Caledonian Hills, at the mouth of the Point Wolfe River in Chignectou Bay.{{cite web|access-date=25 May 2013 |title=Noms de lieux du Nouveau-Brunswick - Point Wolfe |url=http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=fr-CA&community=3107 |website=Archives provinciales du Nouveau-Brunswick}}.
History
Point Wolfe was situated near the village of Alma, at the mouth of the Point Wolfe River, in Chignecto Bay. As a farming village, Point Wolfe was home to about 72 families in 1866 and had a populated of 150 people in 1871. The village was expropriated as part of development for the Fundy National Park, which it is now a campground of.{{cite web |title=Provincial Archives of New Brunswick |url=https://archives.gnb.ca/exhibits/communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=3107 |website=archives.gnb.ca}}{{cite web |last1=Parks Canada Agency |first1=Government of Canada |title=Point Wolfe |url=https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/nb/fundy/activ/camping/pointwolfe |website=parks.canada.ca |access-date=14 April 2024 |date=15 March 2023}}
See also
- Fundy National Park - the park in which Point Wolfe is now a part of
- Point Wolfe Bridge