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Dalhousie
is situated at the mouth or the Restigouche River. The two
colours of blue represent the waters of the river and the
Bay of Chaleur, the four colours of the surrounding Appalachian
Mountains reflect the beauty of our area in
all four seasons, while the compass reminds people that
Dalhousie is New Brunswick's most northerly point.
Councillors:
- Sylvia Malley
- Deputy Mayor
- Gail Fearon
- Robert Harquail
- Linda Jones
- Pauline LeBlanc-Furlong
- Anthony Letourneau
Departments:
- Water &
Sewage
- Parks/Recreation
& Tourism
- Transportation
- Fire
- Police –
RCMP
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Town
History:
Dalhousie,
the shiretown of Restigouche County since 1837, is situated
on the Bay of Chaleur, the name given to our bay by Jacques
Cartier in 1534.
Dalhousie’s
first Acadian settlers, Louis and Joseph Arseneault, arrived
around 1796; years later in 1820 came a massive wave of immigration.
Settling on the Bay of Chaleur with the Micmacs and a few
Acadians, were Scottish immigrants who came from the Isle
of Arran in Scotland. Captain John Hamilton,
one of the first settlers, brought many immigrants with him.
A monument in his name can be found next to the Dalhousie
Centennial Library.
Dalhousie
was named in 1826 after the ninth Earl of Dalhousie, George
Ramsay, who was Governor of Upper and Lower Canada. Dalhousie
became incorporated as a Town in 1905.
Before
the New Brunswick International Paper Company was built in
1929, industries in the area included logging, shipbuilding,
fishing, shingle and lumber mills and very importantly tourism.
With the construction of the Intercolonial Railway in the
late 1800s, life in the area changed. The Restigouche was
no longer isolated. Railway companies built superb hotels
including Dalhousie’s Inch Arran House. It was
constructed at the same time as the CPR was building the Algonquin
Hotel in St. Andrews, Chateau Laurier in Ottawa and the Banff
Springs Hotel in Alberta. As a result, Dalhousie became recognized
as a delightful vacation site and tourist attraction.
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