Wirral-Enniskillen
Wirral is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It is located at the confluence of the Gaspereau and Salmon rivers.
Wirral-Enniskillen | |
|---|---|
community | |
| Etymology: Wirral Peninsula | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| Parish | Petersville |
| Founded | 1854 |
| Area | |
| • community | 29.41 km2 (11.36 sq mi) |
| • Rural | 29.41 km2 (11.36 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 139 m (456 ft) |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
| • community | 204 |
| • Density | 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi) |
History
Originally settled as Gaspereau and later Gaspereau Station, when it was a flag station on the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was renamed Wirral in 1923.[3]
Amalgamated with the former community of Enniskillen, which was among the communities expropriated for CFB Gagetown. It was first settled as Adair Settlement in 1826 by Irish immigrants and renamed Enniskillen after the town in Ireland.[4] It also included the former farming community of Blakely, which merged in 1911.[5]
Demographics
| Historical populations: Gaspereaux/Wirral, NB | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1871 | 600 | — |
| 1898 | 40 | −93.3% |
| 1996 | 272 | +580.0% |
| 2001 | 821 | +201.8% |
| 2006 | 758 | −7.7% |
| 2011 | 226 | −70.2% |
| 2016 | 204 | −9.7% |
| [3][6][7][2] | ||
Notable people
See also
References
- White, James (1916). Dictionary of Altitudes (2nd ed.). Ottawa: Commission of Conservation. p. 84.
Gaspereaux
- 2016 Census
- "Wirral". archives.gnb.ca. Place Names of New Brunswick: Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- "Enniskillen". archives.gnb.ca. Place Names of New Brunswick: Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- "Blakely". archives.gnb.ca. Place Names of New Brunswick: Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- Building Stronger Local Governments and Regions John-Guy Finn, November 2008
- Statistics Canada. 2007. Petersville, New Brunswick (Code1304001) (table). 2006 Community Profiles. 2006 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-591-XWE. Ottawa. Released March 13, 2007.
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