Eel River Crossing, New Brunswick

Eel River Crossing
Village
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Eel River Crossing Location within New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 48°00′45″N 66°25′15″W / 48.0125°N 66.420833°W / 48.0125; -66.420833
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Restigouche
Parish	Dalhousie
Founded	1875
Incorporated	November 9, 1966
Electoral Districts    Federal	Madawaska—Restigouche
Provincial	Dalhousie-Restigouche East
Government[1]
• Type	Village Council
• Mayor	Denis D. Savoie
• Councillors	List of Members Laurent Hachey Rhéal Joseph Pelletier Francois Joseph Levesque Ghislain Maltais
Area[2]
• Land	17.45 km2 (6.74 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	1,209
• Density	69.3/km2 (179/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	3.5%
• Dwellings	527
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)
Postal code(s)	E8E 1N5-1N9, 1P1-1P9, 1R1-1R9 1S1-1S9, 1T1-1T9, 1V1-1V5 2L7, 2W9
Area code(s)	506
Highways Route 11	Route 275 Route 280
Median Income*	$42,411 CDN
Website	http://www.ercvillage.com/
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

Eel River Crossing (2011 population: 1,209) is a Canadian village in Restigouche County, New Brunswick.^[3]

It is the administrative headquarters of the Eel River Bar Mi'kmaq First Nation band government.

History

Usually simplified to simply Eel River, the village is situated on the Eel River. It received the name "Crossing" after the Intercolonial Railway built its Halifax-Rivière-du-Loup main line through the community in 1875.

Demographics

Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2011 1,209 3.5% 2006 1,168 12.5% 2001 1,335 7.7% 1996 1,446 1.4% 1991 1,467 N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)[5] Language Population Pct (%) French only 1,055 91.74% English only 75 6.52% Both English and French 20 1.74% Other languages 0 0.00%

Trivia

• Approximately 92% of the population is francophone.
• It is the site of the Eel River Converter Station.

Notable people

See also

• List of communities in New Brunswick

References

1. ↑ Government of New Brunswick website: Eel River Crossing
2. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Eel River Crossing, New Brunswick
3. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Eel River Crossing
4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
5. ↑ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Eel River Crossing, New Brunswick

External links

• Eel River Crossing website

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Coordinates: 48°00′45″N 66°25′15″W / 48.01250°N 66.42083°W / 48.01250; -66.42083 (Eel River Crossing, New Brunswick)