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Campbellton, NB, incorporated as a city in 1958... Campbellton is located on the Québec border near the mouth of the RESTIGOUCHE RIVER. The population is nearly evenly split, being either English-speaking or French-speaking.
The site of 16th- and 17th-century French missions and Scottish fish and lumber trading posts, it was settled by dispossessed ACADIANS in 1757, though most left with the French defeat in the 1760 naval Battle of the RESTIGOUCHE. Named Pointe-des-Sauvages, Pointe-Rochelle and Martin's Point (after Captain Martin, who had established a shipbuilding business), it received its present name (for Lieutenant-Governor Sir Archibald CAMPBELL) after a post-1825 influx of Scots.
Its early industries of fishing, shipbuilding and trapping were soon overtaken by lumbering, which remained the most important industry until late in the 19th century. The arrival of the INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY in the 1880s gave the town a second industrial base, for it was a terminal point and supported a number of railway ancillary industries. Incorporated as a town in 1889, it was completely destroyed by fire in 1910. In 1928 lumbering gave way to paper as a pulp mill was built at nearby Atholville. The J.C. Van Horne Bridge was constructed (1958-61) across the Restigouche River to connect it to the GASPÉ PENINSULA.
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- 1848 - Église de Marie-Reine established at Campbellton
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Église de Marie-Reine
500, rue Vanier, Campbellton, NEW BRUNSWICK
Established 1848
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Photograph- In 1866 Campbellton was a farming and lumbering community with approximately 50 families
archives.gnb.ca - 1873
CAMPBELLTON, a seaport town of Restigouche co., N.B., situated at the entrance of the Restigouche river in Baie des Chaleurs, with a station on the...Read MORE... - 1883 - Église de Notre-Dame-des-Neiges established at Campbellton
www.gcatholic.org - Campbellton was incorporated as a town in 1888 and as a city in 1958.
archives.gnb.ca - 1895 - Campbellton
Campbellton, a town of Restigouche co., New Bruns wick, on the estuary of the Restigouche River, 16 miles by rail W. of Dalhousie. It is the...Read MORE... - 1898 - Campbellton
In 1898 Campbellton was a sub-port of entry, a station on the Intercolonial Railway and a town with 1 post office, 45 stores, 3 hotels, 7 steam...Read MORE... 
Campbellton, N.B., from Chappel Hill
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1910 - OVER ONE THOUSAND HOUSES ARE BURNED - The Great Conflagration Campbellton, N.B.
All The Mills In Campbellton. The Largest Cedar Shingle Center In Eastern America, Destroyed —
American Capital Largely Interested—High Wind And...Read MORE...- 1916
Campbellton, a seaport and summer-resort of Restigouche co., New Brunswick, on the estuary of the Restigouche River and on the Intercolonial R., 16...Read MORE... 
Restigouche River Ferry, Campbellton
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Interprovincial Bridge Restigouche River, Campbellton
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Campbellton, NB, incorporated as a city in 1958, population 7385 (2011c), 7384 (2006c). The City of Campbellton is the administrative centre of...Read MORE...
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Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada
Église de Marie-Reine
500, rue Vanier, Campbellton, NEW BRUNSWICK
Established 1848
Source: Google maps
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Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada
Campbellton, N.B., from Chappel Hill
Postcard
Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada
Restigouche River Ferry, Campbellton
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Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada
Interprovincial Bridge Restigouche River, Campbellton
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1848 - Église de Marie-Reine established at Campbellton
www.gcatholic.org
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In 1866 Campbellton was a farming and lumbering community with approximately 50 families
archives.gnb.ca
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1873
CAMPBELLTON, a seaport town of Restigouche co., N.B., situated at the entrance of the Restigouche river in Baie des Chaleurs, with a station on the... Read MORE...
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1883 - Église de Notre-Dame-des-Neiges established at Campbellton
www.gcatholic.org
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Campbellton was incorporated as a town in 1888 and as a city in 1958.
archives.gnb.ca
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1895 - Campbellton
Campbellton, a town of Restigouche co., New Bruns wick, on the estuary of the Restigouche River, 16 miles by rail W. of Dalhousie. It is the... Read MORE...
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1898 - Campbellton
In 1898 Campbellton was a sub-port of entry, a station on the Intercolonial Railway and a town with 1 post office, 45 stores, 3 hotels, 7 steam... Read MORE...
1910 - OVER ONE THOUSAND HOUSES ARE BURNED - The Great Conflagration Campbellton, N.B.
All The Mills In Campbellton. The Largest Cedar Shingle Center In Eastern America, Destroyed —
American Capital Largely Interested—High Wind And... Read MORE...
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1916
Campbellton, a seaport and summer-resort of Restigouche co., New Brunswick, on the estuary of the Restigouche River and on the Intercolonial R., 16... Read MORE...
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Campbellton, NB, incorporated as a city in 1958, population 7385 (2011c), 7384 (2006c). The City of Campbellton is the administrative centre of... Read MORE...
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