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20-638: Albert County (2016 population 29,158) is New Brunswick's third-youngest county , located on the Western side of the Petitcodiac River on the Chignecto Bay in the Bay of Fundy ; the shire town is Hopewell Cape . The county was established in 1845 from parts of Westmorland County and Saint John County , and named after Prince Albert . Since the abolition of county municipal governments in 1967, its best-known use

40-500: A court-martial board, which included Carleton, "of having behaved unbecoming the Character of an Officer and a Gentleman on many occasions", and so future events between the two would necessarily have been poisoned. Carleton would serve as Governor of New Brunswick until his death on February 2, 1817. In 1803 he departed for England and administered from there, as he never returned to the province, In view of heightened tensions following

60-614: A dispute about seniority. Born in Strabane , County Tyrone , in Ulster , Ireland , to Christoper Carleton and his wife Catherine Ball, he was the younger brother of The 1st Baron Dorchester . As part of a military family, Thomas joined the British Army at a young age. In 1753, he was an ensign in the 20th Regiment of Foot and saw action with his regiment during the Seven Years' War . After

80-468: A population of 30,749 living in 12,913 of its 13,476 total private dwellings, a change of 5.5% from its 2016 population of 29,158 . With a land area of 1,806.23 km (697.39 sq mi), it had a population density of 17.0/km (44.1/sq mi) in 2021. Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits: List of counties of New Brunswick With

100-515: Is as a census division . The mineral albertite was discovered a few miles away in 1849, giving rise to Albert Mines. There are four municipalities within Albert County (listed by 2016 population): The county's six parishes serve as rural census subdivisions, which do not include the municipalities within them (listed by 2016 population): As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Albert County had

120-583: The American Revolutionary War was discreetly attributed by the British to the distance between the St. John river communities and the administrative centre at Halifax. The arrival of American Loyalist refugees saw the population in the colony grow abruptly, with many directed to Sunbury county's Wolastoq/Saint John river. Initially, when Nova Scotia's authorities established counties for the first time in 1759,

140-526: The 1807 Chesapeake–Leopard affair and New Brunswick's strategic position on the border with the United States, Carleton was ordered to return to his post. However, Carleton refused on the grounds that the new Governor General , Sir James Henry Craig , was only a lieutenant-general while Carleton was a full general, and that “officers of a superior rank in the King’s Army cannot with propriety serve under

160-461: The basis for federal census divisions and provide convenient map subdivisions of the province for purposes other than local governance. They figure prominently in residents' sense of place and continue as significant threads in the Province's cultural fabric (i.e., most citizens always know which county they are in), and they still appear on some maps. The partitioning of Nova Scotia at the close of

180-422: The best candidates for a map of New Brunswick at the time. As the new boundaries were established, the former counties of Cumberland and Sunbury were disregarded, with the exception of the starting point of the boundary between Westmorland and Northumberland counties, which shared a resemblance to the old boundaries, though this might have been a coincidence. The county lines were strategically drawn to align with

200-621: The conclusion of the Seven Years' War , Thomas Carleton served as an observer during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 . In 1776 during the American Revolutionary War , as a lieutenant colonel, he arrived in Quebec City with forces to relieve his brother, Sir Guy Carleton , the Governor General of Canada , who was besieged in the city by Continental Army troops. With the death of Lt. Col. Patrick Gordon on July 25, 1776, Col. Carleton

220-570: The disgraced Henry Clinton . Thomas Carleton returned to England where he lodged with Lord Shelburne , who at the time was First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Lords . In summer 1784, with the administration of Government safely under Shelburne's colleague Pitt the Younger , Col. Thomas Carleton was appointed as the first Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick . Here, he helped to re-settle

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240-513: The many Loyalists leaving the United States . He was made major-general in the regular army on 12 October 1793, and colonel commandant of a battalion of the 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot in August 1794. Carleton saw off a censure motion and attempted ouster by some assemblymen, led by James Glenie , in the closing years of the 18th century; but Glenie had been found guilty in 1780 by

260-482: The recently partitioned New Brunswick province's government established new county administrations. New Brunswick was created on June 18, 1784. The province was divided into eight counties by decree of Governor Carleton : Charlotte , Kings , Northumberland , Queens , Saint John , Sunbury , Westmorland and York . In January 1786, the first session of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly

280-595: The reorganization of local government legislation contained in the Robichaud government's reforms, collectively called the New Brunswick Equal Opportunity program , county municipalities ceased to function in 1966 and their councils were dissolved. Another form of regional local government did not replace the county. Instead, many small village municipalities were created, with the surrounding predominantly rural areas remaining unincorporated. They serve as

300-463: The vast territory of former Acadia to the north of Kings County was erected as Cumberland , until in April 30, 1765, when the county was sectioned for the residents of the townships along the coastline and in the lower Saint John River valley. The new county was called Sunbury . It would not be until 24 May 1770 that a boundary would be established between the two counties. Sunbury’s western boundary

320-592: The watersheds, a logical decision given that New Brunswick's settlements were developed along waterways. Additionally, the counties were able to be divided into three groups: the Bay of Fundy, the Saint John River and the North Shore. Ganong (1901). A monograph of the evolution of the boundaries of the province of New Brunswick . Thomas Carleton General Thomas Carleton (c. 1735 – 2 February 1817)

340-516: Was an Irish-born British Army officer who was promoted to colonel during the American Revolutionary War after relieving the siege of Quebec in 1776 . After the war, he was appointed as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick , and supervised the resettlement of Loyalists from the United States in the province. He held this position until his death, although he was absent in England for the last fourteen years of his tenure, refusing orders to return in

360-577: Was described as starting at the head of the St. Croix River , following the north line to the Saint John River and then to the southern Canadian border. This description actually overlapped a part of Maine ’s territory, as you would have needed to go far west, towards the area near the source of the Chaudière River . On the east the boundary with Cumberland ran north by the magnet from a point 20 miles up from Mispec. No further changes would be made until 1785, when

380-601: Was held in Saint John, at which the MLA’s passed An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of Several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes . As the council worked on developing the original county lines, they desperately needed maps of the province, which, at the time, they seemingly lacked. As a result, they relied on two maps by Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres from 1780,

400-537: Was promoted to command the 29th Regiment of Foot . In 1777, Thomas Carleton's nephew Christopher Carleton joined the 29th regiment as a major and served under his uncle's command for the rest of the war. Col. Thomas Carleton did not get along well with his new commander, Frederick Haldimand , who replaced Guy Carleton in 1778 as Governor General of Canada. He refused when in 1782 Haldimand demanded that he resign his position as quartermaster general before his planned departure for New York, where his brother Guy had replaced

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