It is approximately halfway between two major tourist destinations: Fundy National Park and the Hopewell Rocks.

[4] Following the French period, Acadian settlers remained under English rule and continued developing the community of Shepody, which included the Riverside-Albert area.

In the aftermath of the Acadian Expulsion in 1755, Nova Scotia Governor Lawrence invited applications for township grants.

[6] Riverside, originally River Side, was a station on the Salisbury and Hillsborough Railway, with a population of 300 in 1871.

[1] Notable residents have included Abner Reid McClelan and Roscoe Fillmore.