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New Brunswick Tourism Region : St. John River Valley
Description From Owner:
- Edmund Ward in an 1841 newspaper account of the St. John R. and its tributary rivers and lakes, noted the 'immense body of Plaister of Paris' here.
- The first settlers in 1881 were Hezekiah Day and his two brothers. In 1896 a mill was built by Fred and Archie Hale.
- Hezekiah Day named the community for its red gypsum hills and river banks and Plaster Rock has been the place name since the post office opened in 1901.
- In that year a wooden covered bridge was built which was washed out in 1934 and replaced with another which eventually was torn down and replaced with a cement bridge.
- Also in 1901 the first school was built at adjacent Pig's Ear with Henry Ridgewell as janitor. The school burned and was replaced with a store which accommodated the school on its upper floor.
- The village was incorporated in 1966.
- Plaster Rock is home of the world's largest (and likely only) sculpture of fiddleheads, (the tips of young ferns just before they are fully opened).
- The cluster of three giant fiddleheads, 6% metres tall (20 feet) is in front of the Plaster Rock Museum and Information Centre at 157 Main St.
- Victoria County: The county was established in 1845 through a subdivision of Carleton C. which was created in 1832.
- The name honours Queen Victoria (1819-1901) the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Princess Victoria Maria Louise of Saxe-Coburg.
- With permission from 'New Brunswick Place Names' David E. Scott 2009
Address of this page: http://nb.ruralroutes.com/PlasterRock