23-460: Florenceville-Bristol is a former town in the northwestern part of Carleton County , New Brunswick , Canada along the Saint John River . It held town status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Carleton North . Florenceville was originally known as Buttermilk Creek. In 1855 it was renamed Florenceville to honour Florence Nightingale , the famous Crimean War nurse. Florenceville
46-592: A different musical performance from local entertainers. The town is the site of the Florenceville Bridge , a covered bridge built in 1907 that is unique in New Brunswick in combining a wooden covered bridge with steel trusses for the central spans over the Saint John River . Located just outside the town limits is a replica Noah's Ark , a 2/3-scale model of the Biblical Ark that Noah built, as described in
69-676: A flat, but much lower to the river and lower parts of the borough floods during the spring. The bedrock underlying Florenceville-Bristol at its oldest is part of the White Head Formation consisting of limestone and calcareous shales of Late Ordovician to Early Silurian in age. Later in history more sedimentary rocks were deposited forming the Smyrna Mills Formation during the Silurian, consisting of shales, limestones, and conglomerates. The range of mountains from North to South along
92-464: A population of 1,573 living in 681 of its 729 total private dwellings, a change of -1.9% from its 2016 population of 1,604 . With a land area of 15.74 km (6.08 sq mi), it had a population density of 99.9/km (258.8/sq mi) in 2021. Florenceville-Bristol is home to the corporate headquarters for McCain Foods , the largest producer of French fries in the world. McCain also operates
115-517: A population of 26,360 living in 11,120 of its 11,865 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 26,178 . With a land area of 3,309.06 km (1,277.64 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.0/km (20.6/sq mi) in 2021. Population trend Mother tongue language (2011) 46°21′N 67°19′W / 46.350°N 67.317°W / 46.350; -67.317 Carleton North High School Carleton North High School
138-473: A short distance to the Miramichi River and make their way to the eastern coast of New Brunswick. On 1 January 2023, Florenceville-Bristol amalgamated with Bath , Centreville and all or part of nine local service districts to form the new town of Carleton North . The community's name remains in official use. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Florenceville-Bristol had
161-583: A thin veneer of glacial till. There is also an extensive fault trending through Florenceville-Bristol from NE to SW which the Saint John River follows for a short distance through the town, causing its seemingly odd bend in flow in the local area. The town gets a fair amount of precipitation , although major paralyzing snow and rain storms such as blizzards and hurricanes are uncommon but do happen on occasion. On average, Florenceville receives approximately 1100 mm of precipitation per year. Snowfall
184-556: Is also one of the largest landowners in the province, next to Irving and Frasier. A.N.D. Communications & Graphics is a graphics company situated in Florenceville-Bristol. A.N.D. Communications & Graphics specializes in providing the local area with signage and local advertisement solutions. Both villages had schools offering grades 1 through 12 until 1956 when the Florenceville Regional High School
207-526: Is common between late November and early April, and snow usually stays on the ground beginning in December. Flooding occurs during the spring of most years and affects the low-lying areas of Florenceville-Bristol. It also has a free public art gallery . The Andrew and Laura McCain Gallery is a non-profit, community-supported gallery that shows about nine exhibitions a year of everything from exhibitions on loan from
230-551: Is home to the longest covered bridge in the world. There are five incorporated municipalities within Carleton County (listed by 2016 population): There is one First Nations reserve in Carleton County, the Woodstock_First_Nation : The county is subdivided into eleven parishes (listed by 2016 population): As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Carleton County had
253-437: Is located in west-central New Brunswick , Canada. The western border is Aroostook County , Maine , the northern border is Victoria County , and the southeastern border is York County from which it was formed in 1831. The Saint John River bisects the western section of the county. The Southwest Miramichi River flows through the eastern section of the county. Potato farming is a major industry. The scenic town of Hartland
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#1733093409474276-456: Is located on the Saint John River, in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada, approximately 5 kilometres north of Florenceville. It was named after the city of Bristol, England. The name replaced Kent Station in the 1880s. Present-day Bristol was the site of a battle between Micmac and Maliseet peoples. The area was originally named Shiktehawk, from the Maliseet for "where he killed him". The name
299-568: Is the home of Carleton North High School as well as Bristol Elementary School. Florenceville-Bristol lies within the Appalachian Mountain Range. The town sits in the Saint John River Valley. On each side of the town lie rolling mountains peaking at 300–400 metres. The borough of Florenceville lies on a flat that has extremely rich soil due to past volcanic activity before the last ice age. The borough of Bristol also lies on
322-534: The Florenceville Airport , with a single paved runway located amid agricultural fields on the west side of the river. Mountain View Packers is another potato-centred business that calls Florencenville-Bristol home. Mountain View Packers is a business that specializes in the processing of potatoes and cauliflower for the fresh market. Mountain View Packers sources all of their potatoes from local farmers while
345-528: The National Gallery of Canada to the work of local school children. Florenceville-Bristol is also home to the New Brunswick Potato Museum (Potato World) and Shogomoc Historical Railway Site. The Shogomoc Historical Railway Site showcases a restored CPR train station and three CPR cars and is home to Hunter Brothers Farm Market and Corn Maze. The town celebrates many festivals throughout
368-658: The Christian Old Testament . The replica ark contains the offices and student dorms for a private Bible school , The School of The Spirit, run by the Burnham Road Ministries. The sight of a 300-foot boat in the middle of potato fields within sight of Bristol and Oakland Mountain often attracts curious visitors. 46°26′36.5″N 67°36′54.8″W / 46.443472°N 67.615222°W / 46.443472; -67.615222 Carleton County, New Brunswick Carleton County (2016 population 26,220 )
391-452: The Eastern side of the Saint John River known as Carr Mountain, The Pinnacle, and Oakland Mountain (N to S) are also part of the Smyrna Mills Formation and consist of mafic volcanic flows ( basalt ) and tuff . Within these mountains there are also two gabbro tubes that are Early Devonian in age. These tubes probably were the magma feeding tubes for volcanic flow that would have once overlain
414-431: The cauliflower is grown on site at their own farm. Florenceville-Bristol is also home to H.J. Crabbe & Sons Lumber Mill. This long-running family business specializes in its quality softwood lumber made mainly from Balsam Fir and White Spruce. The company has also recently built a new mill in the town to produce wood stove pellets in order to use more of what would be scrap material to help cut down on waste. The company
437-408: The existing rock, but have since been eroded. Florenceville-Bristol are also extensively terraced with sands and gravels from both the workings of the Saint John River and its tributaries and also from the existence of a huge post-glacial lake that existed in the area for some time after the last Ice Age. In the areas that the bedrock is not covered by this aggregate material, the bedrock is covered by
460-618: The year; Festival of Flavour, which takes place August and showcases a variety of wine related events, Canada Day-July, Snow Blast- February, Haunted Train October, Buttermilk Creek Fall Festival-September and more. Throughout the summer season, July to September, the town is host to an outdoor summer market, every Thursday from 10-2 pm at the Riverside Park. The outdoor summer market features food, produce, craft, woodworking, flower, baked goods, local meat and jewellery vendors. Each week showcases
483-607: Was changed when the New Brunswick Railway was constructed and railway officials were unable to pronounce the name correctly. Bristol is located where the Big Shiktehawk and Little Shiktehawk Streams empty into the Saint John River. This was an important stopping point for Native peoples as it was the start of the cross province route. They would canoe up the Big Shiktehawk Stream to Divide where they would portage
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#1733093409474506-405: Was on the west side of the Saint John River and there the first post office and commercial section of the village was situated. In later years East Florenceville, previously known as Buckwheat Flats, became the commercial centre with five grocery stores and several other small businesses. There is a small strip mall along with several convenience stores and restaurants. The former village of Bristol
529-476: Was opened accommodating grades 7 through 12. The original schools became the elementary schools. Eventually these were replaced by an elementary school on the east side of the river. The Regional High School became a middle school when Carleton North High School was built in Bristol, NB. It was later decided that starting in the year 1996 the middle school students would not begin high school until grade 9. Bristol
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