Centreville, New Brunswick
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Centreville is a village
in Carleton County
, New Brunswick
, Canada
. As of 2006 the population was 523.
Centreville has a few stores, M&D Convenience Store
, Freshmart, Grandma's Restaurant & Bake Shop. There is also a Home Hardware store and two stores offering good quality ladies clothing and extensive gift-ware. There is a hair studio and a banking co-operative.
Centreville is one of several communities within Carleton County that participate in the annual Potato Break. Potato Break is a 2 & 1/2 week break from school around harvest time (mid-September through early October) that allows students the opportunity to help with the potato harvest, although working on the break is not mandatory. Schools that participate in Potato Break begin classes in early August to compensate for the time taken off for Potato Break. This affects feeder schools for Carleton North High School
in Bristol-Florenceville. Many of the other schools in the area are unable to partake in Potato Break because of one simple reason, lack of potatoes. These schools start school after Labour Day. The need for Potato Break is currently under review by the DEC and school District 14. For many years now, mechanisation in the fields has vastly reduced the need for student labour.
Centreville is also the host of annual Tractor Pulls. Alongside potatoes, it's probably what the village is best known for.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
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
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...
. As of 2006 the population was 523.
Centreville has a few stores, M&D Convenience Store
Convenience store
A convenience store, corner store, corner shop, commonly called a bodega in Spanish-speaking areas of the United States, is a small store or shop in a built up area that stocks a range of everyday items such as groceries, toiletries, alcoholic and soft drinks, and may also offer money order and...
, Freshmart, Grandma's Restaurant & Bake Shop. There is also a Home Hardware store and two stores offering good quality ladies clothing and extensive gift-ware. There is a hair studio and a banking co-operative.
Centreville is one of several communities within Carleton County that participate in the annual Potato Break. Potato Break is a 2 & 1/2 week break from school around harvest time (mid-September through early October) that allows students the opportunity to help with the potato harvest, although working on the break is not mandatory. Schools that participate in Potato Break begin classes in early August to compensate for the time taken off for Potato Break. This affects feeder schools for Carleton North High School
Carleton North High School
Carleton North High School is a high school located at the end of School Street in Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick, Canada. Carleton North has around 675 students, and was opened for the first time in the 1977-1978 school year...
in Bristol-Florenceville. Many of the other schools in the area are unable to partake in Potato Break because of one simple reason, lack of potatoes. These schools start school after Labour Day. The need for Potato Break is currently under review by the DEC and school District 14. For many years now, mechanisation in the fields has vastly reduced the need for student labour.
Centreville is also the host of annual Tractor Pulls. Alongside potatoes, it's probably what the village is best known for.