Blackville, New Brunswick

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For other places with the same name, see Blackville.

Blackville is a small village on the Southwest Miramichi River in central New Brunswick, Canada, approximately 40 kilometres southwest of Miramichi. As of 2001 the population was 1,015.

1 Industry
2 Attractions, Food, Entertainment
3 Fishing
4 Education
5 Dungarvon Whooper
6 Recent Developments
7 External links

[edit] Industry

A sawmill operated by UPM Kymmene is Blackville's largest industry. It currently employs about 800 workers in the Miramichi.

[edit] Attractions, Food, Entertainment

There are numerous restaurants and attractions in Blackville, despite its small size. Some popular restaurants include Darlene's Tea House, Trio Pizza, Fritou Chicken and Burke's Diner. The Access Centre provides public internet access and many other services.

[edit] Fishing

Blackville is considered the Salmon Capital of the Miramichi. It boasts plenty of excellent fishing pools, and New Brunswick yields tens of thousands of fish every year for anglers. The Main Southwest Miramichi is one of only a few remaining rivers in which the fishing rights are still privately owned in North America and the Miramichi River produces nearly fifty percent of all the rod caught salmon in North America.

[edit] Education

Blackville School, grades K - 12, is a public school in the New Brunswick school board's District 16. This is the only grade school in Blackville, with students occasionally transporting to other Miramichi schools instead (Such as Miramichi Valley High - also in District 16). Currently, the Principal of Blackville School is Mr. Harold Muck. According to the school website, Blackville School's motto is "No success without labour."

The school's mascot, the golden eagle is displayed proudly through out the school, as well as on the school's website. In addition to various common school services, the school also provides a breakfast program for Blackville students. This includes toast with jam, or cheese whiz, along with milk, kept running by volunteer support and donations.

The current school is not the original location, as the original Blackville School burned down in the early 1970's. The current location features up-to-date technology, and at least one internet equipped computer in every classroom. Recently, there have been new SMARTBoards added to the classrooms in Blackville School, with one in every Middle School classroom.

[edit] Dungarvon Whooper

The Dungarvon Whooper is a tale told all throughout New Brunswick, which occurred along the Dungarvon River, which runs near Blackville, along with the Bartholomew River. The tale is a terrifying one, involving a murdered young lumber-workers cook, who, according to the tale, makes a loud whooping and yelling noise each night in the forest where he was murdered. Any young person from Blackville, or the surrounding area is likely to have been told the story, either to simply scare them or perhaps to scare them away from going deep into the dense forests that surround Blackville, for their own safety.