Dorchester, New Brunswick
Dorchester | |
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The old Bell Inn in Dorchester, New Brunswick was an inn between 1820 and 1860. | |
| Coordinates: 45°54′5.6″N 64°30′57.9″W / 45.901556°N 64.516083°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Westmorland |
| Parish | Dorchester Parish |
| Town | Tantramar |
| Area | |
| • Land | 5.71 km2 (2.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 906 |
| • Density | 158.7/km2 (411/sq mi) |
| • Change 2016–21 | 17.3% |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (Atlantic) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (Atlantic) |
| Area code | Area code 506 |
| Dwellings | 221 |
| Website | www |
Dorchester is a community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. The community became part of the new town of Tantramar in the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reform. Originally incorporated as a town in 1911, it was converted to a village in 1966. By 1825 it had been named for Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, an 18th-century Governor-General of the old Province of Quebec, but prior to that was called Botsford.
It is located on the eastern side of the mouth of the lush Memramcook River valley near the river's discharge point into Shepody Bay. Dorchester is an English-speaking community but it is adjacent to French-speaking Acadian areas farther up the Memramcook River valley.