Eel River Crossing, New Brunswick
village in Bois-Joli, New Brunswick, Canada, former municipality
Eel River Crossing is a community in Bois-Joli in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status until 2023, when it was amalgamated to form the village of Bois-Joli.
History
Its name usually being simplified to Eel River, the village is situated on the river of that name. The word "Crossing" was added to the name after the Intercolonial Railway built its Halifax-Rivière-du-Loup main line through the community in 1875. Since 1972, a high-voltage converter station, the Eel River Converter Station, is located in Eel River Crossing.
Eel River (Chaleur Bay) – A descriptive derived from the French designation Anguille. Anse a l'Anguille changed to Eel River Cove by petition on October 14, 1950.
In Mi'kmaq, Eel River was known as Okpĕgŭnchĭk which meant "discoloured foam on the water".
Following an amalgamation with surrounding areas in 2015, the village branded itself Eel River Dundee in 2018 but the legal name remained Eel River Crossing.
On January 1, 2023, Eel River Crossing amalgamated with the village of Balmoral and all or part of five local service districts to form the new village of Bois-Joli.
“Eel River Crossing, New Brunswick” enters the record as village in Bois-Joli, New Brunswick, Canada, former municipality. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what River, Crossing and Brunswick can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3048861. VIAF identifies the subject as 144188427. The Library of Congress control number is n2003074575. Authority coordinates are 48.013, -66.421. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2023, 1875, 1972 and 1950.
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