Baker-Brook, New Brunswick


Baker-Brook is a former village in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Geography

It is located on the Saint [John River (New Brunswick)|Saint John River] 20 kilometres west of Edmundston.

History

The village takes its name from 19th-century sawmill businessman John Baker.
In 1818, Baker, a native of Maine, settled in the area, along with several other American families. He was dissatisfied with the official borders, and in 1827 declared the village to be capital of the "Republic of Madawaska", a self-proclaimed unrecognized sovereign state being part neither of the United States nor of British America although comprising portions of both. Baker was subsequently briefly jailed by the British for treason. A US citizen by birth, John Baker continued to live on his settlement as a somewhat reluctant British subject after Baker Brook was officially declared part of New Brunswick.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Baker Brook had a population of 555 living in 226 of its 240 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 564. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.
Population trend
CensusPopulationChange
2016564 3.6%
201158511.4%
200652512.4%
20015994.8%
19966293.1%
1991649N/A

Mother tongue
LanguagePopulationPct
French only46093.9%
English only204.1%
Both English and French102.0%
Other languages00%

Attractions

The local Roman Catholic church, houses noted religious artwork, including stained-glass windows from the workshop of Belgian artist José Gaterrath and the Stations of the Cross by the famous Spanish ceramist Jordi Bonet.