Nackawic, New Brunswick
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| Nickname(s): Home of the world's largest axe / Gateway to Mactaquac Country | ||
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| Coordinates: 46°00′19″N 67°14′09″W / 46.00529°N 67.23594°W | ||
| Country | Canada | |
| Province | New Brunswick | |
| County | York County | |
| Parish | Queensbury Parish | |
| Settled | 1784 | |
| Incorporated | 1976 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Town Council | |
| • Mayor | Ian Kitchen | |
| • Deputy Mayor | Katherine Edwards | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 8.40 km2 (3.24 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 139 m (455 ft) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 1,049 | |
| • Density | 124.9/km2 (323/sq mi) | |
| • Change 2006-11 |
 7.4% |
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| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) | |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) | |
| Canadian Postal code | E6G | |
| Area code(s) | 506 | |
| Telephone Exchanges | 575, 593 | |
| Website | nackawic.com | |
Nackawic (2011 population: 1,049) is a town located 65 km west of the city of Fredericton on the east bank of the Saint John River in New Brunswick, Canada. The town occupies an area of about 9 km² and is surrounded by the parishes of Southampton and Queensbury with the Village of Millville 10 km to the north. Nackawic is centered on the intersection of Route 105 and Route 605.
The area was first settled in 1784 by the United Empire Loyalists, primarily through land grants to the families of soldiers who had fought with His Majesty's Regiment of Queen's Rangers during the American Revolutionary War.
Previously known as Otis, the development of New Brunswick's newest village, as it exists today, began in the late 1960s and was built so those forced to relocate as the result of the Mactaquac Dam being constructed would have a place to reside. Construction of the pulp mill, built to employ these displaced persons who lost their traditional farming opportunities that came with the Dam, occurred between 1967 and 1970.
Nackawic was officially incorporated as a town in 1976.
Nackawic is home to the World's Largest Axe.
The town's largest employer, from 1970 until September 14, 2004, was St. Anne Nackawic Pulp Company Ltd., founded by Karl F. Landegger. The mill closed on September 14 and its owners declared bankruptcy the following day, putting 406 people out of work. About 350 contract workers in the middle of a maintenance shutdown were also affected. The mill itself was left in a state of disassembly.
Construction of the mill began in 1967, following the building of the Mactaquac Dam. The plant manufactured high-quality, photographic grade kraft pulp. Increasing energy, material and labor costs here at home; new competition from overseas mills able to operate much less expensively as well as the continuing devaluation of the US dollar, combined with the rapid increase in value of the Canadian dollar, all contributed significantly to the St. Anne Nackawic plant becoming less viable.
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