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As of January 1, 2022 the town of Minto will not be recognized by the Province of New Brunswick as just "The Village of Minto" it will soon be accepted as "The Municipality of Grand Lake".<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Government and Local Governance Reform |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Corporate/Promo/localgovreform/ProposedLegalNamesNomslegauxproposes.pdf |website=Proposed Legal Names |publisher=GNB |access-date=13 October 2022 |ref=1}}</ref> The villages of Minto and Chipman protested the forced amalgamation, the current(2021) mayor of Minto, Erica Barnett stated in a letter posted on the Village of Minto's Facebook page about the matter that "the government's current plan is absolutely not in the best interest for either Minto or Chipman..." She mentions also that this is a fact of reducing the provincial funding the villages get. More so, it created an uproar among the townsfolk who were scared of losing the few things the village has, such as their cared-for arena. The public also fears "having to combine health clinics, schools and fire stations" <ref>{{cite web |title=Chipman, Minto residents share concerns over forced amalgamation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/chipman-minto-amalgamation-municipal-reform-1.6379845 |website=CBC News |publisher=CBC |access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> The distance of 24 km between the two villages could ultimately cause major issues. |
As of January 1, 2022 the town of Minto will not be recognized by the Province of New Brunswick as just "The Village of Minto" it will soon be accepted as "The Municipality of Grand Lake".<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Government and Local Governance Reform |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Corporate/Promo/localgovreform/ProposedLegalNamesNomslegauxproposes.pdf |website=Proposed Legal Names |publisher=GNB |access-date=13 October 2022 |ref=1}}</ref> The villages of Minto and Chipman protested the forced amalgamation, the current(2021) mayor of Minto, Erica Barnett stated in a letter posted on the Village of Minto's Facebook page about the matter that "the government's current plan is absolutely not in the best interest for either Minto or Chipman..." She mentions also that this is a fact of reducing the provincial funding the villages get. More so, it created an uproar among the townsfolk who were scared of losing the few things the village has, such as their cared-for arena. The public also fears "having to combine health clinics, schools and fire stations" <ref>{{cite web |title=Chipman, Minto residents share concerns over forced amalgamation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/chipman-minto-amalgamation-municipal-reform-1.6379845 |website=CBC News |publisher=CBC |access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> The distance of 24 km between the two villages could ultimately cause major issues. |
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File:Minto Memorial Stone 2013, Minto, New Brunswick.jpg|The memorial stone of five who died in an abandoned mine shaft in 1932, Minto, New Brunswick, Canada. |
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Minto | |
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Village | |
 Minto Museum and Veterans Park 2013, Minto, New Brunswick | |
  Minto Location of Minto within New Brunswick. | |
| Coordinates: 46°08′59″N 66°06′24″W / 46.14972°N 66.10667°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Queens County |
| Parish | Canning Parish |
| Incorporated | 1904 |
| Named for | Gilbert Kynynmound |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Erica Barnett |
| Area | |
| • Land | 31.68 km2 (12.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 2,305 |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (Atlantic (AST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT)) |
| Canadian Postal code | |
| Area code | 506 |
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Minto (2016 pop. 2,305[1]) is a Canadian village straddling the border of Sunbury County and Queens County, New Brunswick. It is located on the north shore of Grand Lake, approximately 50 kilometres northeast of Fredericton. Its population meets the requirements for "town" status under the Municipalities Act of the Province of New Brunswick, but the community has not made any change in municipal status.
Minto is known to have taken its present name in 1904 upon the retirement of Canada's eighth Governor General, The Earl of Minto.[2] and the story remains that the village adopted its name from the local Minto Hotel. From the St. John Daily Sun of 1903:
"Just how the name of Minto came to be adopted is said to have occurred in this way. A letter which was sent from Moncton to Mr. Kennedy was enclosed in an envelope which bore the name of the Minto hotel, Moncton. The family thought Minto a good name for their hotel, and so it was named. Then the people generally adopted the name for the place, and so the railway people designated it."[3]
History
Minto did not feel the depression, or at least did not feel it in the same way as most other places in Canada; during recession and the Great Depression, Minto was profiting from a coal mining boom. The coal brought a level of financial prosperity to the community in the early 1900s, which by the late 1930s turned into a profitable venture for companies, and brought starvation and disease to a then impoverished community.[4] As stated in the United Mine Workers' Journal of 1937, "Nowhere on the American continent, is there a strife which combines the elements of greed, harshness, cold, suffering, and want, as exists [in Minto]."[5]
Early in Minto's coal mining exploits, land owners were permitted to mine under their own land without obtaining a license from the Crown or paying any royalties, which ended in 1915.[6] During the boom, both mining conditions and the living quarters of miners' families degraded with lowering wages and lack of maintenance in the mines and homes supplied to the miners families. Although a tally of the number of deaths related to the coal mining industry in Minto is not available, deaths did occur.[7][8]
Amalgamation of Minto and surrounding communities
As of January 1, 2022 the town of Minto will not be recognized by the Province of New Brunswick as just "The Village of Minto" it will soon be accepted as "The Municipality of Grand Lake".[9] The villages of Minto and Chipman protested the forced amalgamation, the current(2021) mayor of Minto, Erica Barnett stated in a letter posted on the Village of Minto's Facebook page about the matter that "the government's current plan is absolutely not in the best interest for either Minto or Chipman..." She mentions also that this is a fact of reducing the provincial funding the villages get. More so, it created an uproar among the townsfolk who were scared of losing the few things the village has, such as their cared-for arena. The public also fears "having to combine health clinics, schools and fire stations" [10] The distance of 24 km between the two villages could ultimately cause major issues.
Coal Mining Industry
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The memorial stone of five who died in an abandoned mine shaft in 1932, Minto, New Brunswick, Canada. -
The inscription (1982) on the Minto Memorial Stone.
The need of transporting coal brought the railway to Minto, and was to make the area "the most prosperous place in Canada." The New Brunswick Central Railway ended at Chipman (about 15 miles (24 km) north-east of Minto) and in 1901[11] the railway was planned to be completed by constructing through the village to Fredericton, and connect with the Canadian Pacific railway. By 1904 the railway was completed as far as Minto, merging with the existing Central, however by 1905 completion to Fredericton was abandoned and the remaining railway was not built until 1913.
Although the railway lines through Minto have since been completely removed, the railway station continues on as a local museum. By the end of 2010, coal mining in Minto ended when the last coal mining company, NB Coal, closed.
During the early years of the Great Depression, the New Brunswick Power Corporation built the province's first thermal generating station south of the village on the shores of Grand Lake. Opened in 1931, the Grand Lake Generating Station accessed coal from nearby deposits. An NB Power subsidiary, NB Coal, was the only mining company left in the Minto area and performed strip mining. NB Power closed the Grand Lake Station when its operating license expired in June 2010.[12] As the Station has been NB Coal’s only customer since 2000, NB Coal closed in December 2009. On April 19, 2012 the Grand Lake Generating Station was demolished,[13] and by this time all coal mining in Minto had ended.
World War II internment camp
During the Second World War, the largest internment camp in eastern Canada was located in the hamlet of Ripples, 10 km west of the village of Minto. Originally it was home to German and Austrian Jews who had fled the Nazis to England.[14] Some youths later became notable, including theologian Gregory Baum, chemist Ernest Eliel and physicist Walter Kohn.[15] Later after these Jewish refugees had been released into Canadian life, it became a camp mostly for German prisoners of war,[14] as well as some sympathizers such as Canadian fascist Adrien Arcand. Its most notable prisoner at this time was the anti-conscriptionist mayor of Montreal, Camillien Houde.[16]
This internment camp is now a protected site visited by tourists. The only structure remaining at the site is the base of a water-tower where a plaque stands, visible from the highway. A walking trail leads into the forest where a few ruins of the camp and posted signs describing the area may be found. There is a small museum dedicated to the camp located within Minto's municipal building.[14][17]
Climate
| Climate data for Minto | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.0 (64.4) |
29.0 (84.2) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.6 (96.1) |
35.0 (95.0) |
34.4 (93.9) |
27.8 (82.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
15.0 (59.0) |
35.6 (96.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −3.3 (26.1) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
3.0 (37.4) |
9.1 (48.4) |
16.5 (61.7) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.3 (75.7) |
19.3 (66.7) |
13.0 (55.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.9 (16.0) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
4.1 (39.4) |
10.7 (51.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
18.7 (65.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
2.3 (36.1) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
5.7 (42.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.6 (5.7) |
−14.2 (6.4) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
10.3 (50.5) |
14.0 (57.2) |
13.1 (55.6) |
8.3 (46.9) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−10.8 (12.6) |
0.3 (32.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −40.0 (−40.0) |
−39.4 (−38.9) |
−31.0 (−23.8) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
3.3 (37.9) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−18.5 (−1.3) |
−33.3 (−27.9) |
−40.0 (−40.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 82.0 (3.23) |
72.7 (2.86) |
69.4 (2.73) |
72.9 (2.87) |
85.8 (3.38) |
80.0 (3.15) |
83.7 (3.30) |
81.6 (3.21) |
87.0 (3.43) |
90.5 (3.56) |
97.6 (3.84) |
108.4 (4.27) |
1,011.5 (39.82) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 27.6 (1.09) |
26.2 (1.03) |
34.7 (1.37) |
56.5 (2.22) |
85.4 (3.36) |
80.0 (3.15) |
83.7 (3.30) |
81.6 (3.21) |
87.0 (3.43) |
90.3 (3.56) |
85.0 (3.35) |
51.3 (2.02) |
789.3 (31.07) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 52.1 (20.5) |
45.4 (17.9) |
34.9 (13.7) |
16.6 (6.5) |
0.5 (0.2) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.6 (0.2) |
12.0 (4.7) |
55.9 (22.0) |
218.0 (85.8) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 117 |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 94 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25 |
| Source: Environment Canada[18] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Minto had a population of 2,234 living in 1,043 of its 1,145 total private dwellings, a change of -3.1% from its 2016 population of 2,305. With a land area of 31.36 km2 (12.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 71.2/km2 (184.5/sq mi) in 2021.[19]
Recreational activities
Though Minto is a very small community, there are recreational activities that take place year-round. It has the Minto Centennial Arena,[20][21] lighted and unlighted ball parks, two family parks, nature trails, mountain bike trails,[22] and hunting and fishing resources.
Each year there are two festivals in Minto. In summer the Minto Coal Mining Festival[23]) is celebrated in June–July,[24] first run in 1972.[23] The Santa Claus Parade and Tree Lighting Ceremony[25] is celebrated in November–December, with the first annual parade held in 2010.
Once a year mountain bike racers[26] descend on the town of Minto for a race[27] known as 'The Coal Miner's Lung'.[28][29][30] The endurance race covers 20 km, 40 km or 60 km of Minto single track.
Education
There are two schools in Minto: Minto Elementary and Middle School, and Minto Memorial High School. Both schools offer extracurricular activities including sports clubs, destination conservation, peer helpers and student government. While Minto Elementary and Middle School is a newer building, Minto High has required some updates since the school was founded in 1939; the gym on the main floor has recently been renovated into a theatre (which MEMS has) and got a new gym located in the basement along with a shop room. In 2011 the New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) Fredericton campus established a satellite campus[31] the Minto Regional Delivery Site.[32]
Notable people
Marjorie Taylor Morell (1918-2004), author of Of Mines and Men; 1995 recipient of United Nations Community Service Award
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census Minto, Village [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
- ^ "Newcastle Creek: The Great Coal Mining Centre of New Brunswick.", St. John Daily Sun, October 29, 1902, accessed August 5, 2011.
- ^ "Newcastle Coal Fields.", St. John Daily Sun, September 7, 1903, accessed August 5, 2011.
- ^ Seager, Allen "Minto, New Brunswick: A Study in Canadian Class Relations Between the Wars", Labour / Le Travail, Volume 5, Spring 1980, accessed August 5, 2011.
- ^ United Mine Workers' Journal, 15 December 1937
- ^ Seager, Allen "Minto, New Brunswick: A Study in Canadian Class Relations Between the Wars", Labour / Le Travail, Volume 5, Spring 1980, p.86, accessed August 5, 2011.
- ^ "Killed on Central Railway.", St. John Daily Sun, March 15, 1905 p.9, accessed August 5, 2011.
- ^ "Mine Gas Kills Five", St. Joseph News-Press, July 29, 1932 p.12, accessed August 5, 2011.
- ^ "Local Government and Local Governance Reform" (PDF). Proposed Legal Names. GNB. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Chipman, Minto residents share concerns over forced amalgamation". CBC News. CBC. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "A Dangerous Piece of Legislation.", St. John Daily Sun N.B., April 14, 1905 p.6, accessed August 5, 2011.
- ^ "NB Power pulls plug on Grand Lake station". CBC.ca. September 29, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
- ^ "Grand Lake Generating Station - Demolition of the Smoke Stack", Geotechnical Technician exp Services Inc., April 19, 2012, accessed January 22, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Remnants of Second World War internment camp remain in rural N.B.", CTV News Atlantic, October 30, 2013, accessed April 15, 2014.
- ^ Jones, Ted Both sides of the wire: the Fredericton Internment Camp (Volume 1, New Ireland Press 1988) ISBN 0920483216
- ^ Jones, Ted Both sides of the wire: the Fredericton Internment Camp (Volume 2, New Ireland Press 1988) ISBN 0920483259
- ^ "New Brunswick Internment Camp Museum", accessed April 15, 2014.
- ^ "Minto, New Brunswick". Canadian Climate Normals 1961–1990. Environment Canada. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ^ "Federal and Provincial Governments Invest Stimulus Funds in Upgrades for Minto's Centennial Arena", Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, August 12, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2011. Michael Allen is a 20-year-old $100,000 winner of the Atlantic Lottery 649 as of October 21, 2011.
- ^ "Minto Centennial Arena Ice Skating Rink", Rinktime.com, accessed December 10, 2011.
- ^ Village of Minto Mountain Bike Trails
- ^ a b "Minto Coal Mining Festival" Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, Village of Minto, accessed December 10, 2011.
- ^ "Come Celebrate With Us!" Archived 2011-08-27 at the Wayback Machine, 2011 Festival Schedule. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
- ^ "Village of Minto Minutes" Archived 2011-08-27 at the Wayback Machine, November 9, 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
- ^ "Mountain Bike Minto". Mountain Bike Minto. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- ^ "Coal Miner's Lung MTB Race". River Valley Cycling. 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- ^ "From 'mud dumps' to top-notch trails: How the Minto coal mines were transformed | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- ^ "The Daily Gleaner". www.telegraphjournal.com. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- ^ "Coal Miner's Lung celebrates Minto's move from mines to mountain bikes - Canadian Cycling Magazine". Canadian Cycling Magazine. 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- ^ "NBCC expanding to Minto (10/03/11)", March 11, 2010. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
- ^ "NBCC Annual Report 2010-2011", March 11, 2010 p.10. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
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