Eel River Crossing, New Brunswick


Eel River Crossing is a Canadian village in Restigouche County, New Brunswick.
The village branded itself Eel River Dundee in 2018 but the legal name remains Eel River Crossing.
In Mi'kmaq, Eel River was known as Okpĕgŭnchĭk which meant "discoloured foam on the water".

History

Usually simplified to simply Eel River, the village is situated on the Eel River. It received the name "Crossing" after the Intercolonial Railway built its Halifax-Rivière-du-Loup main line through the community in 1875.

Demographics

Population trend
CensusPopulationChange
20161,953 3.9%
2011 revised2,032 40.5%
20111,209 3.5%
20061,168 12.5%
20011,335 7.7%
19961,446 1.4%
19911,467N/A

Mother tongue
LanguagePopulationPct
French only1,57581.8%
English only31016.1%
Both English and French301.6%
Other languages100.5%

Notable people