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Fort Beauséjour — Fort Cumberland
Attractions in Dorchester

Visiting Dorchester: Keillor House and one more to see

From Dorchester, the big name within reach is Fort Beauséjour — Fort Cumberland, 18 km away. The list holds 2 places inside Dorchester’s municipal boundary and nothing else within 5 km of its edge.

Photo: Fort Beauséjour — Fort Cumberland, Verne Equinox (CC BY-SA 3.0)
In Dorchester
2
inside the municipal boundary
Within 5 km
0
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
2
in or near town
Best known

The headline places in Dorchester

MuseumMuseumKeillor Housein townMuseumMuseumSt James Textile Museumin town

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

Mapped around Dorchester

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The dashed line is Dorchester’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline

By kind

What they are

Every one of them is among museums or galleries.

Museums & galleries 2 museums2 in town

Green: inside Dorchester. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

The places, one by one

Both are inside Dorchester.

The 2 inside Dorchester come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.

Historic places in Dorchester → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Dorchester →

Big names nearby

Day trips from Dorchester

FortFort Beauséjour — Fort Cumberland18 km east
MuseumAlbert County Museum9.2 km south
MuseumNew Brunswick Railway Museum11 km westCathedralCathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption29 km westMuseumMoncton Museum29 km westZooMagnetic Hill Zoo39 km westNational historic site · Parks CanadaVisitor Centre / Museum18 km eastMuseumMonument-Lefebvre8.7 km northwestMuseumFree Meeting House29 km west

Places well known beyond Dorchester (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.

Know before you go to Dorchester

What are the main attractions in Dorchester?

Inside Dorchester’s municipal boundary, the one place on our list is St James Textile Museum.

Is there a Parks Canada property near Dorchester?

None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Visitor Centre / Museum (Parks Canada), 18 km east.

What are the best-known days out near Dorchester?

Worth the drive, within 40 km: Albert County Museum (9.2 km), New Brunswick Railway Museum (11 km), Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (29 km), Moncton Museum (29 km).

How is this list made?

One list is built from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers: museums, galleries, national historic sites, forts, lighthouses, gardens, national parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks. Historic buildings need a visitor sign such as opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator or a Wikipedia article, and hotels, restaurants and tour operators never count. A place belongs to the town when it lies inside its 2021 outline or within 5 km of the edge.

Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).