| Eel River Crossing | |
| Pushpin Map: | New Brunswick |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Label: | Eel River Crossing |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within New Brunswick. |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Restigouche |
| Subdivision Type3: | Parish |
| Subdivision Name3: | Dalhousie |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Bois-Joli |
| Seat Type: | Electoral Districts Federal |
| Seat: | Madawaska—Restigouche |
| Parts Type: | Provincial |
| Parts: | Dalhousie-Restigouche East |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1875 |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | November 9, 1966 |
| Area Land Km2: | 65.26 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1,844 |
| Population Density Km2: | 28.3 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016–21 |
| Population Blank1: | 5.6% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 887 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 48.0125°N -66.4208°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Area Code: | 506 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
| Blank2 Name: | Median Income* |
| Blank2 Info: | $42,411 CDN |
| Website: | http://www.ercvillage.com/ |
| Footnotes: |
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Eel River Crossing is a former village in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2] It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the village of Bois-Joli.
See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Restigouche County, New Brunswick. Its name usually being simplified to Eel River, the village is situated on the river of that name. The word "Crossing" was added to the name after the Intercolonial Railway built its Halifax-Rivière-du-Loup main line through the community in 1875. Since 1972, a high-voltage converter station, the Eel River Converter Station, is located in Eel River Crossing. [3]
Eel River (Chaleur Bay) – A descriptive derived from the French designation Anguille. Anse a l'Anguille changed to Eel River Cove by petition on October 14, 1950.[4]
In Mi'kmaq, Eel River was known as Okpĕgŭnchĭk which meant "discoloured foam on the water".[5]
Following an amalgamation with surrounding areas in 2015, the village branded itself Eel River Dundee in 2018[6] but the legal name remained Eel River Crossing.
On 1 January 2023, Eel River Crossing amalgamated with the village of Balmoral and all or part of five local service districts to form the new village of Bois-Joli.[7] [8] The community's name remains in official use.[9]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Eel River Crossing had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 65.26km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
| Census | Population | Change (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1,953 | 3.9% | |
| 2011 revised | 2,032 | 40.5% | |
| 2011 | 1,209 | 3.5% | |
| 2006 | 1,168 | 12.5% | |
| 2001 | 1,335 | 7.7% | |
| 1996 | 1,446 | 1.4% | |
| 1991 | 1,467 | N/A |
Mother tongue (2016)[11]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French only | 1,575 | 81.8% | |
| English only | 310 | 16.1% | |
| Both English and French | 30 | 1.6% | |
| Other languages | 10 | 0.5% |
See main article: List of people from Restigouche County, New Brunswick.