Official Name: | Cambridge-Narrows |
Pushpin Map: | New Brunswick |
Coordinates: | 45.8285°N -65.9554°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Queens |
Subdivision Type3: | Parish |
Subdivision Name3: | Cambridge |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Arcadia |
Established Title: | Incorporated |
Established Date: | 1966 |
Seat Type: | Electoral Districts Federal |
Parts Type: | Provincial |
Area Land Km2: | 106.79 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 715 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 6.7 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change |
Population Blank1: | 27.2% |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Cambridge-Narrows is a former village in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the village of Arcadia.
The village straddled Washedemoak Lake, a widening of the Canaan River, several kilometres upstream of the Saint John River. Cambridge-Narrows has 3 main arteries, Route 695, Route 715, and Route 710
See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Queens County, New Brunswick. The Cambridge-Narrows consisted of two separate settlements on either side of the river, Cambridge and The Narrows, which were merged under one municipal government in 1966.
On 1 January 2023, Cambridge-Narrows amalgamated with the village of Gagetown and all or part of five local service districts to form the new village of Arcadia.[2] [3] The community's name remains in official use.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cambridge-Narrows had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 106.79km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
See main article: List of people from Queens County, New Brunswick.