Dorchester
Dorchester is a community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. The community became part of the new town of Tantramar in the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reform.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town
- Description: former village in New Brunswick, Canada
- Also known as: “Dorchester, New Brunswick”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dorchester Penitentiary.
Dorchester Penitentiary
Prison
Photo: Verne Equinox, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dorchester Penitentiary is a Canadian federal corrections facility located in the village of Dorchester, New Brunswick. It shares a property with Westmorland Institution and Shepody Healing Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodhurst and Memramcook.
Woodhurst
Locality
Woodhurst is an unincorporated community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. The community is situated in Southeastern New Brunswick, to the southeast of Moncton. Woodhurst is part of Greater Moncton. Woodhurst is situated 6 km northeast of Dorchester.
Memramcook
Village
Photo: evoluc, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Memramcook, sometimes also spelled Memramcouke or Memramkouke, is a village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. Located in south-eastern New Brunswick, the community is predominantly people of Acadian descent who speak the Chiac derivative of the French language. Memramcook is situated 9 km northwest of Dorchester.
Dorchester
- Categories: village of New Brunswick, unincorporated area, and locality
- Location: Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
45.89929° or 45° 53′ 57″ northLongitude
-64.517° or 64° 31′ 1″ westElevation
40 metres (131 feet)Open location code
87QQVFXM+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 279743125OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Dorchester” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دورتشستر”
- Cebuano: “Dorchester”
- Dutch: “Dorchester, New Brunswick”
- Dutch: “Dorchester”
- French: “Dorchester, Nouveau-Brunswick”
- French: “Dorchester”
- German: “Dorchester”
- Irish: “Dorchester”
- Italian: “Dorchester”
- Persian: “دورچستر، نیوبرانزویک”
- Portuguese: “Dorchester”
- Slovenian: “Dorchester”
- Spanish: “Dorchester (Nuevo Brunswick)”
- Spanish: “Dorchester”
- Swedish: “Dorchester, New Brunswick”
- Swedish: “Dorchester”
- Turkish: “Dorchester”
- Ukrainian: “Дорчестер (Нью-Брансвік)”
- Ukrainian: “Дорчестер”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dorchester Memorial Public Library and Dorchester Town Hall.
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