Plaster Rock, New Brunswick
| Plaster Rock | |
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 Plaster Rock
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| Coordinates: 46°53′N 67°23′W / 46.883°N 67.383°WCoordinates: 46°53′N 67°23′W / 46.883°N 67.383°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 New Brunswick
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| County | Victoria |
| Parish | Gordon |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alexis Fenner |
| Area | |
| • Land | 3.09 km2 (1.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,135 |
| • Density | 367.9/km2 (953/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 1.3% |
| • Dwellings | 563 |
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) |
| Postal code(s) | E7G |
| Area code(s) | 506 |
| Website | www |
Plaster Rock (2011 population: 1,135) is a Canadian village in Victoria County, New Brunswick. The mayor is Alexis Fenner.
Plaster Rock’s first settlers were Hezekiah Day and his two brothers, who arrived in 1881. Plaster Rock was incorporated as the Village of Plaster Rock on November 9, 1966. Hezekiah Day gave Plaster Rock its name based on the hill on the other side of the Tobique River – the rock is made up of gypsum, or plaster.
The second settlers, Mr. & Mrs. Henry Ridgewell, arrived in 1882. The third settler was a gentleman named David Roulston and his family. The first true native of Plaster Rock was Gideon Day.
Primarily English, the town is historically a logging and lumbering community. Known as the Gateway to Mount Carleton Provincial Park, the community is the source of business, commerce, banking, grocery shopping, and religious and sport gatherings for the surrounding hamlets and homes of the Tobique River region. The Tobique River, which has its source Nictau Lake at Mt. Carleton Provincial Park, flows through the tiny communities of Nictau, Riley Brook, Oxbow, Plaster Rock, Arthurette, Red Rapids, and empties into the Saint John River above Perth-Andover.
The Tobique First Nations Reserve is located where the Tobique and Saint John Rivers come together. The town has 6 churches, namely a Catholic Church, an Anglican Church, a Free-will Baptist Church, a United Baptist Church, a United Church of Canada, and a Pentecostal Church. The average congregation is 20-45 members of the first 5 churches, with the Pentecost church being an exception with a congregation of approximately 400 members, who are in part from the village of Plaster Rock, but mostly from the surrounding region of Victoria County.
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