Inkerman, New Brunswick
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Inkerman is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick on Inkerman Lake. It is located mainly on Route 113.
History
[edit]The place is named after the Battle of Inkerman in the Crimean War.[1]
The area was once served by the Caraquet and Gulf Shore Railway, a section of which ran between Tracadie and Shippagan.[2] In 2017, a 500 metre former railway bridge, then being used as part of the Sentier NB Trail, was destroyed by fire.[3]
Demographics
[edit]In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Inkerman had a population of 712 living in 321 of its 344 total private dwellings, a change of 10.9% from its 2016 population of 642. With a land area of 24.19 km2 (9.34 sq mi), it had a population density of 29.4/km2 (76.2/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
Notable people
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hamiton, William Baillie (1996). Place Names of Atlantic Canada (illustrated, reprint ed.). University of Toronto Press. p. 87. ISBN 0802075703. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ Woods, Shirley E. (1992). Cinders & Saltwater: The Story of Atlantic Canada's Railways. Halifax: Nimbus. pp. 162–163.
- ^ Fraser, Elizabeth (15 September 2017). "Fire that destroyed Inkerman bridge suspicious, RCMP say". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
47°40′04″N 64°49′29″W / 47.667671°N 64.824786°W
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