Tag: Kedgwick

Kedgwick (2011 population: 993) is a Canadian rural community in Restigouche County, New Brunswick. Kedgwick was reincorporated as a rural community in 2011 when it merged with the surrounding parish of Grimmer. Its amalgamated population based on the 2006 census was 2,251.
Located in the Appalachian Mountains in the western part of the county, Kedgwick is approximately 75 kilometres southwest of Campbellton and 15 kilometres east of the Restigouche River along Route 17.
Forestry is the major industry in the area.
Being surrounded by woods, Kedgwick is spectacular during the Fall season. Every autumn the population celebrates it with the “Festival d’Automne” (Fall fest).
On July 1, 2012, the village and the Local Service District of Grimmer merged to form the Rural Community of Kedgwick.2. This follows a plebiscite on 03 October 2011 that approved the proposed amalgamation.