Dorchester | |
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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.