Fundy Albert
Village municipality in New Brunswick, Canada
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Fundy Albert is a village municipality in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The jurisdiction was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms which saw the consolidation of local government entities into regions or districts.
Fundy Albert[1] | |
|---|---|
village municipality | |
Hillsborough, NB Main Street (Route 114) looking north | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Albert |
| Regional service commission | Southeast |
| Incorporated | January 1, 2023 |
| Government | |
| • Type | district municipal council |
| • Mayor | Robert Rochon(2023) Jim Campbell(2025) |
| Electoral districts | |
| • Federal | Fundy Royal |
| • Provincial | Albert |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 428, 506 |
| Highway |  Route 114  Route 910  Route 915 |
History
Fundy Albert was established on January 1, 2023 by New Brunswick regulation 2022-50, the Local Governments Establishment Regulation of the Local Governance act, through the amalgamation of the village municipalities of Alma, Riverside-Albert and Hillsborough while at the same time annexing certain mostly adjacent unincorporated areas.[2]
Places of note
- Fundy Albert is home to the Albert County Chamber of Commerce and the historic New Brunswick Railway Museum[3] and the Hon. William Henry Steeves House Museum.
- Grays Island is a cemetery.
- Surrey was amalgamated into Fundy Albert.
- A monument on the Fundy Albert main street marks the Battle of Peticodiac.
Education
- Caledonia Regional High School
- Hillsborough Elementary School
- Riverside Consolidated
Notable people
- William Steeves, one of the Fathers of Confederation
- Hugh McMonagle, politician
- William James Lewis, politician
- Neil McNeil, former Catholic archbishop of Toronto, was a native of Hillsborough.
- Burpee L. Steeves Lieutenant Governor of Idaho
- Abner Reid McClelan, politician
- Roscoe Fillmore, horticulturalist and activist
- Molly Kool, Master Mariner
Images
View from Alma Bridge.
Alma as viewed from the water
Harbour at high tide.
Harbour at low tide.
