Fundy Albert

Village municipality in New Brunswick, Canada

45°55′00″N 64°39′00″W / 45.91667°N 64.65000°W / 45.91667; -64.65000CountryCanadaProvinceNew BrunswickCounty AlbertRegional service commissionSoutheastIncorporatedJanuary 1, 2023Government

• Typemunicipal council • MayorRobert RochonElectoral districts

• FederalFundy Royal • ProvincialAlbertTime zoneUTC-4 (AST) • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)Postal code(s)

E4H

Area code(s)428, 506Highway

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

Notable people

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]

References

^ Local Governments Establishment Regulation, NB Reg 2022-50, <https://canlii.ca/t/55xk3> retrieved on 2024-02-07
^ "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act". Government of New Brunswick. August 30, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
^ New Brunswick Railway Museum website
^ 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.
^ "Alma, new Brunswick". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010. Environment Canada. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
^ "Alma, New Brunswick". Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010. Environment Canada. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2015.