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Saint Andrews is a town in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. The historic town is a national historic site of Canada , bearing many characteristics of a typical 18th century British colonial settlement , including the original grid layout with its market square, and the classical architecture.
Location of St. Andrews in New Brunswick This article is a list of historic places in St. Andrews, New Brunswick entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places , whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal.
The St. Andrews Blockhouse is a blockhouse fortification built in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick during the War of 1812.Built by nearby residents between 1812 and 1813, [1] it was one of three blockhouses built by locals to protect the area from American raids.
The Ross Memorial Museum is a personal decorative arts collection displayed in a fine early 19th-century house in the National Historic District of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. The museum and collection was left to the town of St. Andrews by its benefactors, Sarah Juliette Ross and her husband, Henry Phipps Ross.
In 1899, university professors from around Canada came to St. Andrews over the summer months to do field research work at Canada's first marine biological station, which, at the time, was a floating scow. [8] In 1908, permanent installations of the biological station were established with the main laboratory, a residence building, and an attic. [9]
Saint Andrews Parish was erected in 1786 as one of the county's original parishes, [11] including most of Saint Croix Parish and parts of Saint David and Saint Patrick Parishes. The local service district of the parish of Saint Andrews comprised all of the parish outside Saint Andrews. It was established in 1970 to assess for fire protection. [12]
There are 63 National Historic Sites designated in New Brunswick, as of 2018, eight of which are administered by Parks Canada (identified below by the beaver icon ). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first National Historic Sites to be designated in New Brunswick were Fort Beauséjour – Fort Cumberland and Fort Gaspareaux in 1920.
In the same census, the designated place portion of Saint-André had a population of 371 living in 157 of its 162 total private dwellings, a change of 6.3% from its 2016 population of 349. With a land area of 3.67 km 2 (1.42 sq mi), it had a population density of 101.1/km 2 (261.8/sq mi) in 2021.