11-630: Tantramar may refer to: Tantramar, New Brunswick , a town in Canada Tantramar Marshes , near Sackville, New Brunswick Tantramar (electoral district) , a provincial riding in New Brunswick See also [ edit ] Tantramar Civic Centre Tantramar Heritage Trust Tantramar Regional High School Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
22-450: A prison complex now comprising the medium-security (once maximum-security) Dorchester Penitentiary , and the minimum-security Westmorland Institution. Many residents commute to work in the nearby town of Amherst or the cities of Moncton and Dieppe . A recent influx of residents is creating a new demand for Tantramar. Tourism is centred on the historic and natural features of the area. One of Tantramar's most historic buildings houses
33-547: A recreational facility and arena, opened in 2003. The arena can seat over 750 spectators and is the home rink for the Mount Allison University women's hockey team. Some of the main employers are a Moneris Solutions call centre, Russel Metals , Sackville Memorial Hospital, and Mount Allison University . Another main employer today is the Correctional Service of Canada , which operates
44-705: A reference to the noisy flocks of birds which feed there in the marshes. Tantramar is on the Isthmus of Chignecto , which connects the Nova Scotia peninsula with North America . It is on the Tantramar River, which empties into Chignecto Bay , a sub-basin of the Bay of Fundy . Tantramar is at a low elevation above sea level. Prominent ridges rise above the marshes, namely the Fort Lawrence Ridge,
55-564: Is a town in the Canadian province of New Brunswick . It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms . Tantramar was incorporated on January 1, 2023 via the amalgamation of the former town of Sackville and the former village of Dorchester as well as the concurrent annexation of adjacent unincorporated areas. The name Tantramar is derived from the Acadian French tintamarre , meaning 'din' or 'racket',
66-693: The Keillor House Museum . The annual shorebird migration to the mud flats of nearby Johnson's Mills is celebrated by an oversize model of a semi-palmated sandpiper situated in Dorchester square. Another tourist attraction is the conversion of the Dorchester Jail to a successful bed and breakfast where you can spend a night in a real jail cell. Opened in 2017, it’s one of the Maritimes highest rated adventure Airbnb’s listed. It’s
77-683: The Aulac Ridge, the Sackville Ridge, and the Memramcook Ridge. Tantramar is surrounded by the Tantramar Marshes , once a tidal saltmarsh. The marshes are an important stopover for migrating birds . The marsh soil consists of silts deposited by centuries of tidal flooding. Drainage is poor and there are slow-moving meandering rivers, shallow lakes, bogs , and intertidal zones . The earliest post road followed
88-555: The Trans-Canada Highway. The Sackville railway station , still in active use with Via Rail , is designated a national historic place. The Sackville Memorial Hospital serves the region, as well as the Community Health Centre which houses several physicians, an optometrist, a dentist, and a pharmacy. It is one of the few that are not government-run. The Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre ,
99-668: The route of the present day High Marsh Road. The Trans-Canada Highway (as it is now known) ran straight through the town until a bypass was built in 1962. The provincial border at the Missaguash River bridge is the dividing line between Nova Scotia Highway 104 - Nova Scotia Trunk 2 and New Brunswick Highway 2 . This highway forms one of the two main surface transportation links between the two provinces. The Mount Whatley Road runs between Mt. Whatley, New Brunswick and Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia . CN Rail 's mainline between Halifax and Montreal runs through Tantramar, parallel to
110-620: The sight of the last double hanging in New Brunswick, where the Bannister brothers were hanged and buried at the jail. Public schooling, run by Anglophone East School District , includes a pre-school, the Salem Elementary School, Marshview Middle School, Dorchester Consolidated School, and Tantramar Regional High School . Tantramar is also home to Mount Allison University . This New Brunswick location article
121-472: The title Tantramar . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tantramar&oldid=1146070476 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tantramar, New Brunswick Tantramar
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