Quispamsis

Quispamsis (/ˈkwɪspæmsɪs/ or /kwɪspæmˈsɪs/, sometimes shortened to /kwɪsˈpæm/; 2011 population: 17,886) is a suburb in Kings County, New Brunswick of Saint John. It is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Saint John, in the lower Kennebecasis River valley.

History

Arts and Culture Park / Town Hall

The original inhabitants of the area were the Maliseet First Nation, part of the Algonquin Federation . The name, "Quispamisis" was translated from the Maliseet language and means, "big lake in the woods", the lake being present-day Ritchie Lake. Acadians, British pre-Loyalists and Loyalists settled in the area around 1783, with many receiving land grants along the Kennebecasis and Hammond Rivers.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1981	6,022	—
1986	7,185	+19.3%
1991	8,446	+17.6%
1996	8,839	+4.7%
2001	13,757	+55.6%
2006	15,239	+10.8%
2011	17,886	+17.4%

Quispamsis amalgamated in 1998 with the nearby communities of Gondola Point and Wells to form the present town, covering an area of 60 km² and bordering the town of Rothesay to the southwest with the Hammond River along its northeastern boundary. Quispamisis is the fastest growing town in the province of New Brunswick.

Education

Quispamsis has a number of schools from grades K-12, these schools are:

School	Grades
Quispamsis Elementary School	K-5
Lakefield Elementary School	K-5
Chris Saunders Memorial Elementary School	K-5
École des Pionniers	K-5
Valley Christian Academy	K-12
Quispamisis Middle School	6-8
Rothesay Netherwood School	6-12
Kennebecasis Valley High School	9-12

There is a new K-5 Anglophone elementary school slated to be open fall 2015 and a new K-5 Francophone elementary school slated to be open fall 2014.

Parks

There are many ways to keep fit and busy in Quispamsis. There is a wide variety of recreational parks which offer beautiful scenery and unique amenities. Parks open at dawn and closed at dusk.

The public parks:

Arts and Culture Park (12 Landing Court) – includes walking trails, WiFi, picnic/chess tables, benches, stage and mezzanine. During the summer months there are outdoor movies and music free of charge and ice skating during the winter months.

Hammond River Park (28 Reynar Drive) – includes 40 acres of beautiful land, fire pit, barbecue, picnic tables, hiking trails and authentic log cabin which is available for rent.

Off Leash Park (222 Vincent Road) – fenced in area, trails and benches. This park is for all dog lovers. This is an area to let your dog run free and have fun!

Meenan’s Cove Park (199 Model Farm Road) – includes picnic tables, barbecues, beach, boat dock, playground, ball field, walking trails and beach volleyball courts. This park is wonderful for the entire family.

Ritchie Lake Park (Cedar Grove Drive) – includes picnic tables, beach and walking trails.

Quispamsis Recreation Centre - includes two soccer fields, a baseball field, tennis courts, and a playground as well as walking trails.

Gondola Point Beach - Gondola Point Beach is a supervised freshwater beach with changing rooms and picnic areas. It is situated on a sandbar overlooking the Kennebecasis River at the entrance to the Gondola Point Cable Ferry service in Quispamsis. In the summer of 2014 there was a section on the beach fenced off for a `dog beach`

Facts

The Gondola Point Ferry, linking Quispamsis with the Kingston Peninsula, was originally installed by William Pitt and is the first underwater cable ferry in the world.
Quispamsis qualifies for "city" status under the Municipalities Act of the Province of New Brunswick, but the town has made no move to change its municipal status.
The qplex, Quispamsis's first multipurpose facility, features an outdoor pool, walking track, conference rooms and an NHL sized ice surface.^[2]
Quispamsis is one of the fastest growing communities in New Brunswick.
The COMEX bus service run by Saint John Transit runs through the Kennebecasis Valley and shuttles commuters from Quispamsis to Saint John every day, Mondays to Fridays. There are a few "park and ride" locations for commuters to leave their car for the day to take the bus into Saint John and along with other standing bus stops along the way.^[3]

References

↑ "Community highlights for Quispamsis". Community Profiles, 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
↑ qplex. Town of Quispamsis http://qplex.quispamsis.ca/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved October 16, 2010.

External links

Town of Quispamsis - official website

Subdivisions of New Brunswick

Subdivisions	Counties Parishes Municipalities Rural communities Local service districts Municipal amalgamations Communities First Nations School districts Regions

Cities	Bathurst Campbellton Dieppe Edmundston Fredericton Miramichi Moncton Saint John

Towns	Beresford Bouctouche Caraquet Dalhousie Florenceville-Bristol Grand Bay–Westfield Grand Falls Hampton Hartland Lamèque Nackawic Oromocto Quispamsis Richibucto Riverview Rothesay Sackville St. Andrews Saint-Léonard Saint-Quentin Shediac Shippagan St. George St. Stephen Sussex Woodstock

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Saint John River Watershed

Tributaries	Allagash River Aroostook River Baker Branch Saint John River Becaguimec Stream Big Black River Birch River Blackwater River Campbell Branch Little Black River River De Chute Daaquam River Fish River Hammond River Jemseg River Kennebecasis River Keswick River Little Black River Little Machias River Little Madawaska River Little River Little Saint Roch River Little Southwest Branch Saint John River Machias River Madawaska River Meduxnekeag River Musquacook Stream Nashwaak River Nerepis River North Branch Birch River North Branch Blackwater River North Branch Meduxnekeag River Northwest Branch Saint John River Oromocto River Red River Saint Croix Stream Saint Francis River Shields Branch South Branch Birch River South Branch Blackwater River South Branch Machias River South Branch Meduxnekeag River Southwest Branch Saint John River Tobique River West Branch Little Black River

Lakes	Baker Lake Beau Lake Chemquasabamticook Lake Churchill Lake Clear Lake Cross Lake Eagle Lake (Allagash R.) Eagle Lake (Fish R.) Fish River Lake Glazier Lake Grand Lake Long Lake Mactaquac Lake Millinocket Lake Mud Lake Munsungan Lake Musquacook Lakes Lake Pohenegamook Portage Lake Saint Froid Lake Saint John Ponds Scopan Lake Square Lake Umsaskis Lake

Towns	Allagash Ashland Blaine Bridgewater Caribou Eagle Lake Easton Edmundston Florenceville-Bristol Fort Fairfield Fort Kent Fredericton Frenchville Grand Bay–Westfield Grand Falls Grand Isle Hampton Hartland Hodgdon Houlton Lac-Frontière Limestone Littleton Madawaska Mapleton Mars Hill Masardis Monticello Nackawic New Limerick Oromocto Perham Perth-Andover Pohénégamook Portage Lake Presque Isle Quispamsis Rivière-Bleue Rothesay Sainte Agatha Saint-Camille-de-Lellis Saint-Cyprien Saint Francis Saint John Saint-Just-de-Bretenières Saint-Léonard Saint-Marcel Saint-Pamphile Saint-Zacharie Stockholm Sussex Van Buren Washburn Westfield Woodstock

Landmarks	Allagash Wilderness Waterway Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Clair–Fort Kent Bridge Edmundston–Madawaska Bridge Florenceville Bridge Fort Kent Hartland Bridge North Maine Woods Reversing Falls Saint John Harbour Bridge Saint John River High Level Crossing Saint Leonard–Van Buren Bridge Tinker Dam Watson Settlement Bridge

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