New Bandon-Salmon Beach
New Bandon-Salmon Beach
Location of New Bandon-Salmon Beach in New Brunswick
New Bandon-Salmon Beach is a Local service district in New Brunswick. New Bandon was named after the town of Bandon in Ireland. It is the site of the Village Historique Acadien, an important tourism destination in northeastern New Brunswick.
History
Dressed grindstones awaiting shipment, ca 1920
It was a centre of grindstone production in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries until about 1945. In the later years, pulp-stones were produced. There was also a shipbuilding industry associated with the grindstone exports.[1]
Notable people
Main article: List of people from Gloucester County, New Brunswick
See also
References
- ↑ Donat Robichaud, "L'Industrie des Meulles à New Bandon", in La revue d'histoire de la Société historique Nicolas Denys, Vol. XIII, No. 3, Sep-Dec 1995, pp 5-42
Coordinates: 47°39′58″N 65°32′10″W / 47.666°N 65.536°W
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