Dorchester, New Brunswick
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The old Bell Inn in Dorchester, New Brunswick was an inn between 1820 and 1860.
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 Dorchester
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| Coordinates: 45°54′5.6″N 64°30′57.9″W / 45.901556°N 64.516083°WCoordinates: 45°54′5.6″N 64°30′57.9″W / 45.901556°N 64.516083°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 New Brunswick
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| County | Westmorland |
| Parish | Dorchester Parish |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Mayor | Jerome Bear |
| • Deputy Mayor | Robert Hickman |
| Area | |
| • Land | 5.74 km2 (2.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,167 |
| • Density | 203.3/km2 (527/sq mi) |
| • Change 2006-11 |
 4.3% |
| Time zone | Atlantic (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | Atlantic (UTC-3) |
| Area code(s) | Area code 506 |
| Dwellings | 243 |
| Website | http://www.dorchester.ca/ |
Dorchester is a village and shire town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is named for Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, an 18th-century Governor-General of the old Province of Quebec.
It is located on the eastern side of the mouth of the lush Memramcook River valley near the river's discharge point into Shepody Bay. Dorchester is an English-speaking community but it is adjacent to French-speaking Acadian areas farther up the Memramcook River valley.
The village's main employer today is the Correctional Service of Canada, which operates a prison complex now comprising the medium-security (once maximum-security) Dorchester Penitentiary, and the minimum-security Westmorland Institution.
Many residents commute to work in the nearby towns of Sackville and Amherst or the cities of Moncton and Dieppe.
Tourism is centred on the historic and natural features of the area. One of Dorchester's most historic buildings houses the Keillor House Museum. The annual shorebird migration to the mud flats of nearby Johnson's Mills is celebrated by an oversize model of a semi-palmated sandpiper situated in the village square.
Although situated on the CN Rail main line between Halifax and Montreal, Dorchester no longer has a passenger station, with travellers having to entrain/detrain in Sackville or Moncton. The nearest airport is the Greater Moncton International Airport, a 40 km drive in Dieppe.
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