Bath is a village

Village

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 on the Saint John River in Carleton County

Carleton County, New Brunswick

Carleton County is located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada.The county is located in western New Brunswick, it borders on the west, the State of Maine; on the south, York County; on the north, Victoria County and is bisected by the Saint John River. Potato farming is a major industry...

, 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...

, Canada

Canada

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. As of 2006 the population was 592, now in 2008 it is 512. It has an elementary and a middle school. Bath is the birthplace of Buzz Hargrove

Buzz Hargrove

Basil Eldon "Buzz" Hargrove, OC is the former National President of the Canadian Auto Workers trade union...

, former president of the Canadian Auto Workers

Canadian Auto Workers

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, and Rev. Brent Hawkes

Brent Hawkes

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.

The Northern Carleton Hospital

Northern Carleton Hospital

The Northern Carleton Memorial Hospital is a former acute care hospital that was located in Bath, New Brunswick.It closed in the fall of 2007 as part of a consolidation of health care services in Carleton County and adjacent areas that saw the opening of a new regional hospital, the Upper River...

 is located here, which recently closed in November of 2007. There are three churches in Bath, New Brunswick: Catholic

Catholic

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, Baptist

Baptist

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 and Pentecostal Christian

Christian

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denominations are available. Bath is located inside of an area of New Brunswick commonly known as the Bible belt due to the above average numbers of churches and Bible camps.

Bath is also world famous for the annual "Bath Fall Fair" which takes place every Labour Day with a parade, fair and to end the night fireworks.