Dorchester, New Brunswick
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Dorchester is a village in Westmorland County, in South-Eastern New Brunswick, Canada. Located on the east side of the mouth of the lush Memramcook River valley, the village's approximate population (c. 2004) is 1,100. Dorchester is primarily English-speaking but it is adjacent to French-speaking Acadian areas farther up the Memramcook valley.
Dorchester is the Shire town or administrative centre of Westmorland County and as such has several fine historic homes and civic buildings; however, counties are no longer an administrative jurisdiction in New Brunswick.
The village's primary employer has traditionally been the Correctional Service of Canada which operates a prison complex now comprising the medium-security (once maximum-security) Dorchester Penetentiary and the minimum-security Westmorland Institution. Many residents commute to work in the nearby town of Sackville or the city of Moncton.
One of Dorchester's historic buildings operates as the Keillor House museum.
Although on the CN Rail main line between Halifax and Montreal, Dorchester no longer has a passenger station, with travellers having to entrain/detrain in nearby Sackville or Moncton. The nearest airport is the Greater Moncton International Airport , a 40 km drive in Dieppe.
The Village of Dorchester's official web site can be found at Dorchester.ca (http://www.dorchester.ca/).