Southern Victoria
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|leader_name1 = Richard Bragdon (Con.)
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Southern Victoria is a village in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms.
History
Southern Victoria was incorporated on January 1, 2023 via the amalgamation of the former villages of Aroostook and Perth-Andover as well as the concurrent annexation of adjacent unincorporated areas.{{cite web | title=Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act | url=https://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cr/2022-50 | publisher=Government of New Brunswick | access-date=January 15, 2023 | date=August 30, 2022}}
Geography
The village is divided by the Saint John River.
Attractions
Southern Victoria is host to the annual Gathering of the Scots Festival[http://www.gatheringofthescots.com/ Gathering of the Scots Festival] at Veteran's Field on the last weekend in May and the Larlee Creek Hullabaloo[http://www.larleecreekmusic.ca/ Larlee Creek Hullabaloo] in August, held at Baird's Campground. Other major events in the Village are the Tuff Muck Challenge on the last Saturday in July and the Dam Run marathon on the first Saturday in October.
Infrastructure
Perth-Andover Electric Light Commission (PAELC) is one of three municipal power utilities left in New Brunswick, and the only one completely independent of NB Power. The residents of the municipality pay the lowest power rates in the province.
Notable people
{{Main|List of people from Victoria County, New Brunswick}}
- Matt Andersen - Blues musician{{Cite web |url=http://www.stubbyfingers.ca/ |title=Matt Andersen |access-date=2007-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331202657/http://www.stubbyfingers.ca/ |archive-date=2009-03-31 |url-status=dead }}
- John B. McNair- 23rd Premier of New Brunswick, 1940 to 1952
See also
References
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{{Subdivisions of New Brunswick|towns=yes|villages=yes|rural communities=yes|regional municipalities=yes|counties=yes|state=expanded}}
Category:2023 establishments in New Brunswick
Category:2023 New Brunswick local governance reform
Category:Communities in Victoria County, New Brunswick
Category:Populated places established in 2023
Category:Villages in New Brunswick
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