Inkerman, New Brunswick

Inkerman is a community in the Provinces and [territories of Canada|Canadian province] of New Brunswick on Inkerman Lake. It is located mainly on Route 113.

History

The place is named after the Battle of Inkerman in the Crimean War.
The area was once served by the Caraquet and [Gulf Shore Railway], a section of which ran between Tracadie and Shippagan. In 2017, a 500 metre former railway bridge, then being used as part of the Sentier NB Trail, was destroyed by fire.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Inkerman had a population of 712 living in 321 of its 344 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 642. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.