Eel River Crossing, New Brunswick
Encyclopedia
Eel River Crossing is a Canadian
village in Restigouche County
, New Brunswick
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Usually simplified to simply Eel River, the village is situated on the Eel River. It received the name "Crossing" after the Intercolonial Railway built its Halifax
-Rivière-du-Loup main line through the community in 1875.
Mother tongue language (2006)
Canada
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village in Restigouche County
Restigouche County, New Brunswick
Restigouche County is located in north-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county is named for the Restigouche River which flows through the county and is famous for its salmon pools, which have attracted wealthy American and Canadian tourists to the region's summer colonies for decades...
, New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
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Usually simplified to simply Eel River, the village is situated on the Eel River. It received the name "Crossing" after the Intercolonial Railway built its Halifax
City of Halifax
Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...
-Rivière-du-Loup main line through the community in 1875.
Demographics
Population trend| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1,168 | 12.5% |
| 2001 | 1,335 | 7.7% |
| 1996 | 1,446 | 1.4% |
| 1991 | 1,467 | N/A |
Mother tongue language (2006)
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|---|---|
| French only | 1,055 | 91.74% |
| English only | 75 | 6.52% |
| Both English and French | 20 | 1.74% |
| Other languages | 0 | 0.00% |
Trivia
- Approximately 92% of the population is francophoneFrancophoneThe adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....
. - It is the site of the Eel River Converter Station.