It was merged into the rural district of Chaleur [fr] on 1 January 2023,[1] with a small area now part of the city of Bathurst.
It was located 12 km (7.5 mi) east of the city of Bathurst, New Brunswick on Nepisiguit Bay.
New Bandon-Salmon Beach was located on the historical territory of the Mi'kmaq people.
The seigneurie of Nepisiguit, containing the area that would become New Bandon-Salmon Beach, was ceded to France on 19 March 1691.
[3] New Bandon was touched by the 1825 Miramichi fire, which consumed approximately 16,000 km2 (6,200 sq mi) of forest in northeastern New Brunswick.