Bathurst

Bathurst (2001 population 12,924) is a city in northeastern New Brunswick, Canada located at the mouth of the Nepisiguit River on the Baie des Chaleurs in Gloucester County. The first to settle the area were the 17th century French colonists referred to today as Acadians. The city of Bathurst was named by the Honourable Lieutenant Governor, Sir Howard Douglas (1823-1831), in honor of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762-1834), Secretary of State for the Colonies of the British government. Construction of the Intercolonial Railway of Canada in the mid 1800s provided a fast connection from the port of Bathurst to the rest of the world that would become an essential element for the shipping of products from the city's principal industries, forestry and zinc mining. In 1881, the Roman Catholic Church constructed the Sacré-Coeur Cathedral. In 1998, the Laval Titan QMJHL franchise relocated to Bathurst, taking the name Acadie-Bathurst Titan. Bathurst is the smallest market in the Canadian Hockey League. Area Code: 506