Baker-Brook, New Brunswick

Village of Baker-Brook
Village
Village of Baker-Brook Location of Baker-Brook, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47°18′09″N 68°30′36″W / 47.3025°N 68.51°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Parish	Baker Brook
Village Status	1967
Electoral Districts    Federal	Madawaska—Restigouche
Provincial	Madawaska-les-Lacs
Government[1]
• Type	Village Council
• Mayor	Francine Caron
• Councillors	List of Members Cynthia Bélanger Michel Bouffard Roland Caron
Area[2]
• Total	12.29 km^2 (4.75 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	585
• Density	47.6/km^2 (123/sq mi)
• Change 2006-11	11.4%
• Census Ranking	2,944 of 5,008
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)
Area code(s)	506
Dwellings	236
Median Income*	$37,983 CDN
Access Routes	Route 120
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

Baker-Brook (2011 population: 585) is a village in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.^[4]

Geography

It is located on the Saint John River 20 kilometres west of Edmundston.

History

The village takes its name from 19th-century sawmill businessman John Baker.

In 1818, Baker, a native of Maine, settled in the area, along with several other American families. He was dissatisfied with the official borders, and in 1827 declared the village to be capital of the "Republic of Madawaska", a self-proclaimed unrecognized sovereign state being part neither of the United States nor of British America (Canada) although comprising portions of both. Baker was subsequently briefly jailed by the British for treason. A US citizen by birth, John Baker continued to live on his settlement as a somewhat reluctant British subject after Baker Brook was officially declared part of New Brunswick.

Demographics

Population trend[5] Census Population Change (%) 2011 585 11.4% 2006 525 12.4% 2001 599 4.8% 1996 629 3.1% 1991 649 N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)[2] Language Population Pct (%) French only 500 95.24% English only 25 4.76% Both English and French 0 0.00% Other languages 0 0.00%

Attractions

The local Roman Catholic church, houses noted religious artwork, including stained-glass windows from the workshop of Belgian artist José Gaterrath and the Stations of the Cross by the famous Spanish ceramist Jordi Bonet.

Notable people

See also

• List of communities in New Brunswick

References

1. Government of New Brunswick website: Baker Brook
2. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Baker Brook, New Brunswick
3. Statistics Canada Mobile Census Profile: Baker-Brook, New Brunswick (Village)
4. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Baker Brook
5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 2011 census

External links

Coordinates: 47°18′09″N 68°30′36″W / 47.30250°N 68.51000°W