DALHOUSIE




A small town in New Brunswick, situated on Chaleur Bay at the mouth of the Restigouche River. Dalhousie was named in 1826, probably by the Lieutenant-Governor of Canada, Sir Howard Douglas. The town is said to have been named after George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie (1770-1838), Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1816 to 1819 and Governor-in-Chief of British North America from 1819-1828.

The area was settled in the late 1820s by Scottish emigrants who laid the foundation for the local shipbuilding and lumbering industries. One of those settlers was Captain John Hamilton (?-1848), a native of Kingross, on the Isle of Arran, who became Dalhousie's first merchant. Dalhousie became a town in 1905.

Pictures of Dalhousie
***Pictures on this page were taken by my sister Jackie, my brother Dan,my friend Karen and myself.

According to Statistics Canada 2001 Census...
Population: 3975
Area: 14.90 square kilometres
First Languages: English - 1,975 people & French - 1,750

Getting there:
By Train - Travel on Via Rail Canada on the Chaleur and get off at Campbellton, just 20 minutes from Dalhousie.
By Car - Hwy. 11 or Rte. 134

Weather in the Dalhousie area


How to Eat Lobster


Click on the following to find out more:

Travelling Eastbound from Dalhousie
Bay of Chaleur
Inch Arran Point
Eel River Crossing
Charlo
Balmoral
Lorne
Jacquet River

Travelling Westbound from Dalhousie
Point La Nim
Campbellton
Restigouche River


New Brunswick links:
Official Dalhousie Website
New Brunswick.net
New Brunswick.com
Government of New Brunswick
Tourism New Brunswick
Golf New Brunswick