Country Canada Established 1785 Area code(s) 506 Population 48,355 (2011) | Province New Brunswick Time zone AST (UTC-4) Local time Sunday 5:20 PM | |
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Northumberland County (2011 population 48,355), having the largest area of any county in the province, is located in northeastern New Brunswick, Canada.
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- Map of Northumberland County NB Canada
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- Geography
- Services
- Communities
- First Nations
- Parishes
- Demographics
- Access Routes
- References
Map of Northumberland County, NB, Canada
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Geography
Northumberland County is covered by thick forests, whose products stimulate the economy. The highest peaks in the province, including Mount Carleton lie in the northwestern corner of the county.
The county is dominated by the Miramichi River, world famous for its salmon fishing. The lower portion of the river is an estuary which widens into Miramichi Bay, a part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Services
The city of Miramichi is a local service centre for the county and surrounding regions with schools, hospitals and government offices and retail locations. The county has several saw mills in the city of Miramichi and up the Southwest Branch of the Miramichi River. There were formerly two large pulp and paper mills at Miramichi.
Chatham was also home to an air force base, CFB Chatham, until 1996. Renous-Quarryville, located along the Southwest Miramichi was also home to an army post - a federal maximum security penitentiary is now located on the site.
Communities
There are five municipalities within the county (listed by 2011 population):
First Nations
There are five First Nations reservations in Northumberland County (listed by 2011 population):
Three communities in the county are part of the Mi'kmaq Nation: Metepenagiag Mi'kmaq Nation, at the junction of the Northwest Miramichi River and the Little Southwest Miramichi River; Eel Ground First Nation, close to the junction of the Northwest and Southwest Miramichi Rivers near Newcastle; and Burnt Church First Nation on the northern shore of Miramichi Bay.
Parishes
The county is subdivided into thirteen parishes (listed by 2011 population):
Demographics
The county is a mostly English speaking region in the otherwise Francophone northeastern New Brunswick. Coastal regions of Miramichi Bay are Acadian. The former town of Chatham has traditionally been an Irish stronghold, while its sister town of Newcastle has had a more English and Scottish Protestant flavour. Both are now amalgamated into the new city of Miramichi.
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits: