Minto, New Brunswick
Minto | |
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Minto Museum and Veterans Park 2013, Minto, New Brunswick | |
| Coordinates: 46°08′59″N 66°06′24″W / 46.14972°N 66.10667°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Queens County |
| Parish | Canning Parish |
| Municipality | Grand Lake |
| Incorporated | 1904 |
| Named after | Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto |
| Area | |
| • Land | 31.36 km2 (12.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,234 |
| • Density | 71.2/km2 (184/sq mi) |
| • Change (2016–21) | 3.1% |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (Atlantic (AST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT)) |
| Canadian Postal code | |
| Area code | 506 |
Minto is a community straddling the boundary of Sunbury County and Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is located on the north shore of Grand Lake, approximately 50 kilometres northeast of Fredericton. Minto held village status prior to 2023, when it was amalgamated into the newly formed village of Grand Lake.
Minto is known to have taken its present name in 1904 upon the retirement of Canada's eighth Governor General, The Earl of Minto. and the story remains that the village adopted its name from the local Minto Hotel. From the St. John Daily Sun of 1903:
"Just how the name of Minto came to be adopted is said to have occurred in this way. A letter which was sent from Moncton to Mr. Kennedy was enclosed in an envelope which bore the name of the Minto hotel, Moncton. The family thought Minto a good name for their hotel, and so it was named. Then the people generally adopted the name for the place, and so the railway people designated it."