Fundy Albert

Fundy Albert[1]
village municipality
Hillsborough, NB Main Street (Route 114) looking north
Fundy Albert[1] Location within New Brunswick
Coordinates: 45°55′00″N 64°39′00″W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Albert
Regional service commission	Southeast
Incorporated	January 1, 2023
Government
• Type	municipal council
• Mayor	Robert Rochon
Electoral districts
• Federal	Fundy Royal
• Provincial	Albert
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code(s)	E4H
Area code(s)	428, 506
Highway	Route 114 Route 910 Route 915

Fundy Albert is a village municipality in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The jurisdiction was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms which saw the consolidation of local government entities into regions or districts.

History

Fundy Albert was established on January 1, 2023 by New Brunswick regulation 2022-50, the Local Governments Establishment Regulation of the Local Governance act, through the amalgamation of the village municipalities of Alma, Riverside-Albert and Hillsborough while at the same time annexing certain mostly adjacent unincorporated areas.^[2]

Places of note

View of St. Marys Anglican Church in Fundy Albert, New Brunswick. Note the bell under the peak in the roof.

• Fundy Albert is home to the Albert County Chamber of Commerce and the historic New Brunswick Railway Museum^[3] and the Hon. William Henry Steeves House Museum.
• Grays Island is a cemetery.
• Surrey was amalgamated into Fundy Albert.
• A monument on the Fundy Albert main street marks the Battle of Peticodiac.

Education

• Caledonia Regional High School
• Hillsborough Elementary School
• Riverside Consolidated

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Albert County, New Brunswick

• William Steeves, one of the Fathers of Confederation
• Hugh McMonagle
• William James Lewis
• Neil McNeil, former Catholic archbishop of Toronto, was a native of Hillsborough.
• Burpee L. Steeves Lieutenant Governor of Idaho
• Abner Reid McClelan
• Roscoe Fillmore
• Fundy Albert was the birthplace of Molly Kool, who in 1939 became Master Mariner for offshore sailing, a captain, a first in the Western World,^[4] sailing a commercial Bay of Fundy scow sloop between ports. A monument on the Fundy Albert waterfront marks her accomplishment.

Images

• 
  View from Alma Bridge.
• 
  Alma as viewed from the water
• 
  Harbour at high tide.
• 
  Harbour at low tide.

Climate

Fundy Albert has a relatively cool, wet and snowy humid continental climate with significant seasonal differences in spite of its near-ocean location. Summers are warm but relatively short, whereas winters are relatively cold but milder than inland areas.

Climate data for Fundy Albert (1981−2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	13.9 (57.0)	13.0 (55.4)	18.0 (64.4)	23.3 (73.9)	29.0 (84.2)	30.0 (86.0)	30.0 (86.0)	35.5 (95.9)	29.0 (84.2)	26.7 (80.1)	20.0 (68.0)	16.1 (61.0)	35.5 (95.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−2.5 (27.5)	−1 (30)	2.7 (36.9)	8.4 (47.1)	14.4 (57.9)	18.9 (66.0)	22.1 (71.8)	22.0 (71.6)	18.4 (65.1)	12.6 (54.7)	6.9 (44.4)	1.1 (34.0)	10.3 (50.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−7.4 (18.7)	−6.1 (21.0)	−1.7 (28.9)	4.1 (39.4)	9.5 (49.1)	13.8 (56.8)	17.1 (62.8)	17.2 (63.0)	13.7 (56.7)	8.2 (46.8)	3.0 (37.4)	−3.3 (26.1)	5.7 (42.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−12.3 (9.9)	−11.1 (12.0)	−6.2 (20.8)	−0.3 (31.5)	4.5 (40.1)	8.7 (47.7)	12.0 (53.6)	12.3 (54.1)	9.0 (48.2)	3.8 (38.8)	−0.9 (30.4)	−7.7 (18.1)	1.0 (33.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−31 (−24)	−30.6 (−23.1)	−25.6 (−14.1)	−14.5 (5.9)	−5.6 (21.9)	−0.6 (30.9)	3.0 (37.4)	2.2 (36.0)	−1.1 (30.0)	−9 (16)	−16.5 (2.3)	−28.5 (−19.3)	−31 (−24)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	144.9 (5.70)	107.8 (4.24)	145.8 (5.74)	120.7 (4.75)	126.5 (4.98)	110.0 (4.33)	99.4 (3.91)	93.9 (3.70)	122.7 (4.83)	132.9 (5.23)	158.9 (6.26)	146.6 (5.77)	1,510.1 (59.45)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	67.0 (2.64)	47.1 (1.85)	89.6 (3.53)	101.4 (3.99)	124.8 (4.91)	110.0 (4.33)	99.4 (3.91)	93.9 (3.70)	122.7 (4.83)	132.9 (5.23)	147.4 (5.80)	90.4 (3.56)	1,226.6 (48.29)
Average snowfall cm (inches)	79.2 (31.2)	55.1 (21.7)	54.0 (21.3)	18.2 (7.2)	1.7 (0.7)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	11.7 (4.6)	55.3 (21.8)	275.1 (108.3)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm)	15.0	12.4	14.7	15.0	16.0	14.6	13.9	12.4	12.9	14.2	15.2	15.2	171.5
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm)	5.0	4.5	7.7	12.8	15.9	14.6	13.9	12.4	12.9	14.2	13.6	8.0	135.5
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm)	11.2	9.4	8.7	3.5	0.12	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	8.3	43.4
Mean monthly sunshine hours	110.5	118.2	148.3	158.3	193.6	196.5	225.7	206.6	159.5	145.0	91.0	90.3	1,843.4
Percent possible sunshine	39.0	40.4	40.2	39.1	41.9	41.9	47.6	47.2	42.3	42.6	31.8	33.2	40.6
Source: Environment Canada[5][6]

See also

• 2023 New Brunswick local governance reform
• List of communities in New Brunswick
• List of municipalities in New Brunswick

References

1. Local Governments Establishment Regulation, NB Reg 2022-50, <https://canlii.ca/t/55xk3> retrieved on 2024-02-07
2. "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act". Government of New Brunswick. August 30, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
3. New Brunswick Railway Museum website
4. Baird, Donal M. (2001). "Last days of Sail". Women at Sea in the Age of Sail. Nimbus. pp. 2, 215. ISBN 1-55109-267-0.
5. "Alma, new Brunswick". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010. Environment Canada. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
6. "Alma, New Brunswick". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010. Environment Canada. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2015.