Valley Waters
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Valley Waters is a village in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms which merged the village of Norton and all or part of five local service districts to form Valley Waters, a village municipality.{{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=20 January 2023 |date=12 October 2022}}{{cite web |title=RSC 8 - Regional Service Commission 8 |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/local-governance/maps/RSC8.html |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=17 January 2023}} {{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}} {{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
Valley Waters is situated on the Kennebecasis River 55 kilometres northeast of Saint John. The European and North American Railway began serving Norton in 1859. Valley Waters is home to the oldest fossil forest in Canada.
Present day
Family Frolic Days used to be an annual village festival.
Country music singer Chris Cummings and rock musician, Ian Sherwood, of "Down With The Butterfly" and "Acres and Acres" are both natives of Valley Waters.
Norton Elementary School, located at the intersection of Route 121 and Route 124, serves Valley Waters students from kindergarten to grade five. It is a small, rural school is closely tied with the local community. French immersion is not offered at Norton Elementary but students can be bussed to Sussex Elementary if families wish to enroll students in French immersion before Middle School. Students are bussed to Sussex Middle after grade five and continue on to Sussex Regional High School afterward.
Valley Waters is situated within the shale gas exploration area currently licensed to Corridor Resources.{{cite news|title=Shale gas study tour wraps up in Norton|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/shale-gas-study-tour-wraps-up-in-norton-1.1146936|access-date=21 March 2013|newspaper=CBC News|date=5 July 2012}}
See also
References
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Category:2023 establishments in New Brunswick
Category:2023 New Brunswick local governance reform
Category:Populated places established in 2023
Category:Villages in New Brunswick
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