St. Martins | |
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 St. Martins and its twin covered bridges | |
  St. Martins Location of St. Martins in New Brunswick  St. Martins St. Martins (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 45°21′1.6″N 65°32′2.3″W / 45.350444°N 65.533972°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Saint John County |
| Parish | Saint Martins Parish |
| Municipality | Fundy-St. Martins |
| Area | |
| • Land | 2.35 km2 (0.91 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 320 |
| • Density | 136.1/km2 (352/sq mi) |
| • Change 2016–21 |  15.9% |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (Atlantic) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Area code | 506 |
| Website | www |
| Quaco Head Lighthouse | |
| Constructed | 1835 (first) 1883 (second) |
| Foundation | Concrete base |
| Construction | Concrete tower (current) |
| Height | 11 m (36 ft)  |
| Shape | Quadrangular tower with balcony and lantern[2][3][4] |
| Markings | White tower, red lantern |
| Power source | solar power |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Fog signal | 3s. blast every 30s. |
| First lit | 1966 (current) |
| Deactivated | 1881 (first, destroyed by fire) 1966 (second) |
| Focal height | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Range | 21 nmi (39 km; 24 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 10s |
St. Martins is a community on the Bay of Fundy now part of the village of Fundy-St. Martins, Canada.
The village was founded as Quaco by 1783 by soldiers from the disbanded loyalist King's Orange Rangers. It was incorporated in 1967. Led by shipbuilders such as James Moran, it was the third most productive shipbuilding town in the Maritimes, producing over 500 ships.[5] Shipbuilding declined after the 1870s and today tourism is the major industry.[6]
On 1 January 2023, province-wide local government reforms caused for the Village of St. Martins to annex all or part of Fairfield, Simonds, Upham, and Hampton local service districts,[7] reforming the village boundaries under the new name Fundy-St. Martins.[8][9] The former village's name remains in official use.[10]
- ^ a b "Census Profile of St. Martins, Village (VL)". Statistics Canada. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "Quaco Head, NB". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "Living History". Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Village of St. Martins". 14 August 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ NB Deptartment of Environment and local government. Local Governments (LG).kml, January 1, 2023 regulation 2022-50 under the Local Governance Act. [accessed Feb. 9, 2024 via Geonb data catalogue http://www.snb.ca/geonb1/e/dc/LG.asp]
- ^ "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act". Government of New Brunswick. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "RSC 9 Fundy Regional Service Commission". Government of New Brunswick. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "Proposed entity names reflect strong ties to nature and history" (Press release). Irishtown, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.