[1] Grand Lake was incorporated on January 1, 2023 via the amalgamation of the former villages of Minto and Chipman as well as the concurrent annexation of adjacent unincorporated areas.

During the early years of the Great Depression, the New Brunswick Electric Power Commission built the province's first thermal generating station at Newcastle Creek on the shores of Grand Lake.

On April 19, 2012 the Grand Lake Generating Station was demolished,[4] and by this time all coal mining in New Brunswick had ended.

[5] Some youths later became notable, including theologian Gregory Baum, chemist Ernest Eliel and physicist Walter Kohn.

There is a small museum dedicated to the camp located on the basement level of Grand Lake's municipal building, at 420 Pleasant Drive, Minto.

Once a year mountain bike racers[16] descend on the village of Grand Lake for a race[17] known as 'The Coal Miner's Lung'.

All schools offer extracurricular activities including sports clubs, destination conservation, peer helpers and student government.