Country Canada Village Status 1966 Access Routes
Route 11 Route 134 Area code Area code 506 Province New Brunswick | County Victoria Time zone AST (UTC-4) Population 351 (2011) Local time Wednesday 6:12 PM | |
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Postal code(s) E3N
0A7
3V9
3W1-3W6
3Z2-3Z9
4A1-4A6, 4A8-4A9
4B1-4B9
4C1-4C9
4E1-4E9
4G1-4G2, 4G4
4H1
4J2-4J3
4K5
4L3
4N3
4P4
4R4, 4R6
4S1-4S9
4T1-4T2, 4T6
5B7
5C2-5C3, 5C5-5C6 Weather 4°C, Wind E at 3 km/h, 96% Humidity Parish Andover Parish, New Brunswick | ||
Aroostook (2011 population: 351) is a Canadian village in Victoria County, New Brunswick.
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Map of Aroostook, NB, Canada
Geography
The village is located on the west bank of the Saint John River at the mouth of the Aroostook River. It is approximately 11 kilometres north of Perth-Andover.
History
Aroostook was founded in 1852 and became an important railway centre in 1878 with the completion of the New Brunswick Railway from Fredericton to Edmundston and the Aroostook River Railway from Aroostook to Caribou, Maine. Both railways were leased by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 1890 and a large rail yard and locomotive roundhouse was constructed in the village to service CPR trains operating in northwestern New Brunswick and northern Maine.
The construction of taxpayer-funded highways during the 20th century saw railways decline in use following World War II. CPR abandoned service through Aroostook in March 1987 following the loss of 2 bridges to ice jams downstream from the village.