Bayfield, New Brunswick

46.1378°N 63.8168°W / 46.1378; -63.8168

Bayfield was a local service district in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada, near the intersection of Route 955 and Route 16. It is now part of the incorporated rural community of Strait Shores.

History

Bayfield was named for Admiral Henry Wolsey Bayfield, who surveyed the coastlines of the Maritimes in the 1840s and 1850s. A post office was established in Bayfield in 1866. The community had a population of 175 in 1871, 200 in 1898, and 300 in 1904.^[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bayfield had a population of 42 living in 21 of its 23 total private dwellings, a change of 23.5% from its 2016 population of 34. With a land area of 1.42 km² (0.55 sq mi), it had a population density of 29.6/km² (76.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

Notable people

• George Allen - Hockey Player
• Jim Riley - Hockey Player
• Viv Allen - Hockey Player

See also

• List of communities in New Brunswick