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This map shows South Eastern New Brunswick, Canada including Albert County.
15 September 2003
Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada

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Since most of the rich farmlands close to the Bay of Fundy and Petitcodiac river had already been settled or granted to earlier settlers, most of the families who came here from the British Isles chose to settle in the wooded hills and valleys of the County in places like Elgin and Caledonia Mountain. Others chose to build houses along the Shepody Road. One of the settlements along the Shepody Road, New Ireland, would become the site of a famous Murder in the early 1900's. The immigration which began during the period around 1813 would continue during the late 1840's when the Irish potato famine would bring a new wave of settlers to the Province from Ireland. The Loyalist, Irish, Scottish, and English settlers who arrived in the Province would start business and change the economy of the Province from an agricultural based economy into an export economy. Settlers began to focus more on producing goods for sale to new settlers in North America and to other parts of the British Empire, rather than growing crops. By the late 1800's Albert County became an important shipbuilding and lumbering center in New Brunswick. To learn more about the industries of Albert County make sure you read the articles about that topic included in this presentation.