Gagetown, New Brunswick
| Village of Gagetown | |
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| Village | |
The Gagetown village post office
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 Village of Gagetown
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| Coordinates: 45°46′N 66°10′W / 45.77°N 66.16°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 New Brunswick
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| County | Queens |
| Parish | Gagetown |
| Village Status | 1966 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village Council |
| • Mayor | Mike Blaney |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 698 |
| • Density | 47.6/km2 (123/sq mi) |
| • Change 2006-11 |
 -2.9% |
| • Census Ranking | 2,944 of 5,008 |
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) |
| Area code(s) | 506 |
| Dwellings | 630 |
| Median Income* | $37,983 CDN |
| Access Routes |
 Route 102
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 New Brunswick
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| Location | Gagetown New Brunswick Canada |
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| Coordinates | 45°46′6.93″N 66°8′25.27″W / 45.7685917°N 66.1403528°W |
| Year first constructed | 1895 (first) |
| Year first lit | 1934 (current) |
| Foundation | wooden piles |
| Construction | wooden tower (first and current) |
| Tower shape | low square frustum skeletal tower with watch room, balcony and lantern (current) tapered square frustum tower with balcony and lantern (first) |
| Markings / pattern | white tower and watch room, red lantern (current) white tower, red lantern (first) |
| Height | 9.7 metres (32 ft) (current) 14.3 metres (47 ft) (first) |
| Focal height | 11.9 metres (39 ft) (current) 16 metres (52 ft) (first) |
| Original lens | Chance Brothers seventh-order drum dioptric |
| Current lens | Chance Brothers seventh-order drum dioptric |
| Light source | main power |
| Range | 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) |
| Characteristic | F G |
| CHS number | CCG 135 |
| ARLHS number | CAN-190 |
| Managing agent | Canadian Coast Guard |
Gagetown (2011 population: 698) is a village in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is situated on the west bank of the Saint John River and is the county's shire town.
Gagetown was originally named Grimross by the Acadians and Maliseet, who lived there prior to the Expulsion of the Acadians. The Raid on Grimross occurred during the St. John River Campaign (1758–59). During the Expulsion of the Acadians, many Acadians fled from various parts of the Maritimes to villages along the Saint John River. The St. John River Campaign occurred during the French and Indian War when Colonel Robert Monckton led a force of 1150 British soldiers to destroy the Acadian settlements on the banks of the Saint John River until they reached the largest village of Ste Anne’s Point (present day Fredericton, New Brunswick) in February 1759. There were 2000 Acadians on the Saint John River, many of whom were refugees trying to escape the Expulsion of the Acadians.
On November 4, 1758, British Officer, Monckton entered the nearly vacant village and the Rangers chased down and scalped Acadians. They burned 50 buildings, crops and killed the animals.
The name of the village is derived from British General Sir Thomas Gage. Major General Thomas Gage was granted a large tract of land in central New Brunswick in appreciation of his service to the British Empire in the Seven Years' War; this land comprises modern day Gagetown.
It is a historic Loyalist community that served as a stop for river boats during the 1800s and early 1900s.
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