Plaster Rock, New Brunswick
Encyclopedia
Plaster Rock is a Canadian
village in Victoria County
, New Brunswick
.
Located on the Tobique River
, the village was founded in 1881 by Hezekiah Day and named for the gypsum
found in the area, which is heated to produce plaster
.The cliffs across the river from the Tobique Valley High School expose the red "plaster rock". The major industry in Plaster Rock is a sawmill
owned by Twin Rivers Paper Company.
Plaster Rock is best known across Canada for hosting the annual World Pond Hockey Championships
.
Plaster Rock gets a rebroadcasting signal of CIKX 93.5fm
, and is heard at the frequency of 88.3 MHz.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
village in Victoria County
Victoria County, New Brunswick
Victoria County is located in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. Farming, especially of potatoes, is the major industry in the county.-Communities:...
, New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
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Located on the Tobique River
Tobique River
The Tobique River is a river in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. The river rises from Nictau Lake in Mount Carleton Provincial Park and flows for 148 kilometres to its confluence with the Saint John River near Perth-Andover....
, the village was founded in 1881 by Hezekiah Day and named for the gypsum
Gypsum
Gypsum is a very soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O. It is found in alabaster, a decorative stone used in Ancient Egypt. It is the second softest mineral on the Mohs Hardness Scale...
found in the area, which is heated to produce plaster
Plaster
Plaster is a building material used for coating walls and ceilings. Plaster starts as a dry powder similar to mortar or cement and like those materials it is mixed with water to form a paste which liberates heat and then hardens. Unlike mortar and cement, plaster remains quite soft after setting,...
.The cliffs across the river from the Tobique Valley High School expose the red "plaster rock". The major industry in Plaster Rock is a sawmill
Sawmill
A sawmill is a facility where logs are cut into boards.-Sawmill process:A sawmill's basic operation is much like those of hundreds of years ago; a log enters on one end and dimensional lumber exits on the other end....
owned by Twin Rivers Paper Company.
Plaster Rock is best known across Canada for hosting the annual World Pond Hockey Championships
World Pond Hockey Championships
The World Pond Hockey Championships is an annual international competition that takes place outdoors, on bodies of frozen water, playing the pond hockey variant of ice hockey. The event takes place in and around Plaster Rock, New Brunswick.-History:...
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Plaster Rock gets a rebroadcasting signal of CIKX 93.5fm
CIKX-FM
CIKX-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting in Grand Falls, New Brunswick at 93.5 MHz and 5,300 watts. CIKX was originally a repeater of CJCJ in Woodstock until the 2000s when the station opened its studios....
, and is heard at the frequency of 88.3 MHz.