Dorchester | |
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 The old Bell Inn in Dorchester, New Brunswick was an inn between 1820 and 1860. | |
  Dorchester Location of Dorchester, New Brunswick | |
| Coordinates: 45°54′5.6″N 64°30′57.9″W / 45.901556°N 64.516083°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Westmorland |
| Parish | Dorchester Parish |
| Town | Tantramar |
| Area | |
| • Land | 5.71 km2 (2.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 906 |
| • Density | 158.7/km2 (411/sq mi) |
| • Change 2016–21 |  17.3% |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (Atlantic) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (Atlantic) |
| Area code | Area code 506 |
| Dwellings | 221 |
| Website | www |
Dorchester is a community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. The community became part of the new town of Tantramar in the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reform.[2] Originally incorporated as a town[4] in 1911, it was converted to a village in 1966.[5] By 1825 it had been named for Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, an 18th-century Governor-General of the old Province of Quebec, but prior to that was called Botsford.[6]
It is located on the eastern side of the mouth of the lush Memramcook River valley near the river's discharge point into Shepody Bay. Dorchester is an English-speaking community but it is adjacent to French-speaking Acadian areas farther up the Memramcook River valley.
- ^ a b "Census Profile of Dorchester". Statistics Canada. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act". Government of New Brunswick. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Month of April, 1911. Fredericton: R. W. L. Tibbits, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1911. pp. 317ff.
- ^ Incorporated exclusively for fire protection and street lighting,[3] it did not fall under the Towns Act.
- ^ Provincial Archives New Brunswick. "Dorchester". Place Name of New Brunswick: Where is home?..... GNB.
- ^ Provincial Archives New Brunswick. "Dorchester". Place Name of New Brunswick: Where is home?..... GNB.