PP#1
Writing & Arts
Pamela Palmater
born 1970Canadian writer
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Erj1211 · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Eel River Crossing, New Brunswick
2 famous people call Eel River Crossing their birthplace
The best known is the Canadian writer Pamela Palmater, with articles in 3 languages. The only other name is the Canadian ice hockey goaltender Marlène Boissonnault. Pamela Palmater, born in 1970, is the earliest name and Marlène Boissonnault, born in 1997, the latest. The neighbour with the longest list is Campbellton, 18 km away: 36, led by René Lévesque.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Pamela Palmater
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1970
Pamela Palmater
Youngest
1997
Marlène Boissonnault
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Eel River Crossing
MB#2
Sports
Marlène Boissonnault
born 1997Canadian ice hockey goaltender
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Eel River Crossing is known for
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 1.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
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Questions about famous people from Eel River Crossing
Who is the most famous person from Eel River Crossing?
Pamela Palmater (Canadian writer) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Marlène Boissonnault.
What is Eel River Crossing known for?
50% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 12%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Eel River Crossing?
Pamela Palmater (1970). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Eel River Crossing?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Eel River Crossing’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here at the next refresh.
Birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations and the count of Wikipedia and sister-site articles come from Wikidata (CC0). Each birthplace is checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article, or the French one where English says nothing or has no article; the articles are linked, never quoted. Wikidata’s Statistics Canada code, the place’s name or its point inside the 2021 census outline puts a birth in a town, and a birth given only as a split city stays on that city’s page. Fields are read from the description and occupations, and the list runs by number of articles. “The usual town” is everyone listed across Canadian towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- René Lévesque: Yves Beauchamp, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Scott: Alan Langford, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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).