ALBERT COUNTY, NEW BRUNSWICK

'Albert County' (2005 population 26,749) is located in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada on the Chignecto Bay of the Bay of Fundy. Prior to the abolition of county government in 1967, the county seat was Hopewell Cape.

Contents

Communities

Highways

Protected Areas

Attractions

Demographics

Surrounding Counties

Communities

'Towns' in Albert County, with 2005 populations given:

★ Riverview (17,010)


'Villages' in Albert County, with 2005 populations given

★ Hillsborough (1,288)

★ Riverside-Albert (393)

★ Alma (301)


'Parishes'

★ Alma

★ Coverdale

★ Elgin

★ Harvey

★ Hillsborough

★ Hopewell


'Communities'

★ Demoiselle Creek

★ Curryville

★ Edgett's Landing

★ Albert Mines

★ Stoney Creek

★ Hopewell Hill

Highways

Highways that run through Albert are as follows:

Secondary Highways: #112, #114

Tertiary Highways: #895, #905, #910, #915

Protected Areas

Fundy National Park

Hopewell Rocks

McManus Hill Provincial Conservation Area

Shepody National Wildlife Area

Attractions

Campgrounds/Information centres in Fundy National Park:

★ Chignecto North

★ Headquarters

★ Point Wolfe

★ Visitors Centre

also:

★ Flower Pot Rocks

★ Cape Enrage

Demographics

(Statistics Canada, 2001)


Population: 26,749

Population change (1996-2001): 1.0

Dwellings: 10,705

Area (km²): 1,806.12

Density (per km².): 14.8

National rank in terms of population: 186

Provincial rank in terms of population: 12

Surrounding Counties

★ Saint John

★ Kings

★ Westmorland