Albert Mines
Dispersed Rural Community

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Hopewell Cape, NB (Nearby: Dorchester, Hillsborough, Hopewell Hill, Memramcook, Riverside Albert)

3922 RTE 114
Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick
E4H 1Y0


New Brunswick Tourism Region : Fundy Shore

Description From Owner:
  • The place was settled in 1830 and in 1845 was named for Prince Albert (1819-1861), consort of Queen Victoria.
  • In 1849 Peter and John Duffy discovered a bituminous black hydrocarbon yielding oil and gas.
  • It was named albertite and ore was shipped to Boston for processing until 1875.
  • With permission from 'New Brunswick Place Names' David E. Scott 2009


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