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the history of HOPEWELL PARISH
Hopewell was established as a Nova Scotia township in 1765 and became part of the province of New Brunswick in 1786: possibly named for Hopewell, Pennsylvania, home of some of the first settlers to the area: may have also been named for the ship (Hopewell) that brought a group of settlers from Ireland in 1761. Hopewell Parish included Harvey Parish until 1838. After 1758, the earliest settlers in the Hopewell Parish established homes on the five original land grants named, Dickson, Daniels, Prince, Peck and Calhoun. Communities were established, roads were built, and industries brought prosperity to the parish. In 1877, the railway was completed from Salisbury to Albert station. In 1904, the County Court House was rebuilt, after being burned in a 1903 forest fire. The Riverside Consolidated School, built in 1905, was the most modern in the province.
Parish Place names
Albert, Canada Settlement, Cape Station, Chemical Road, Chester, Curryville, Daniels, Forest Dale Settlement, Hopewell, Hopewell Cape, Hopewell Corner, Hopewell Hill, Lower Cape, McHenry Station, Memel Settlement, Mountville, Riverside, Shepody, Woodworth Settlement.
Top Ten Things to Do
1. Hopewell Rocks 2. Albert County
Museum
3. Shepody Mountain 4. Crooked Creek
Lookout
5. Shepody Trail
6. Old Bank Museum 7. Riverside
Consolidated
School
8. Caledonia Gorge 9. Albert County
Exhibition 10.Sawmill Creek
Covered Bridge
Did you know?
Hopewell Rocks Photo by Kevin Snair
Trivia
1.What year was the first Albert County Exhibition held?
2.What was the name of the Victoria Cross recipient who was born in Hopewell Hill in 1871?
3. What year was the first Grindstone Island Lighthouse built?
4.What year was the current Court House built in Hopewell Cape?
5.What year was the largest Bank Robbery in New Brunswick history committed?
6.What year was the Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park founded?
The only Canadian Prime Minister from New Brunswick was born in Hopewell (Shepody) in 1870. This year marks the 150th Anniversary of his birthday! Richard Bedford Bennett, was born July 3, 1870 and was Canada's 11th Prime Minister!
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Answers
1.1913 2. Lt. Col. Cyrus Wesley Peck VC, DSO & Bar 3.1859 4. 1904, the original courthouse burned in 1903. 5. On 11 July 1984 the sum of $177,000.00 was stolen and never recovered from the Bank in Riverside-Albert. 6. 1958.