The county is bisected by the Saint John River and potato farming is a major industry. The town of Hartland is home to the longest covered bridge in the world.
Towns in Carleton County, with 2001 populations given:
Sunbury County was a county in the crown colony of Nova Scotia from 1765 to 1784.
Following Confederation, NewBrunswick suffered the effects of an economic downturn precipitated by the Great Fire of 1877 in Saint John and the decline of the sailing shipbuilding industry, and compounded by the global recession sparked by the Panic of 1893.