Boiestown, New Brunswick

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Boiestown is an unincorporated community on the Southwest Miramichi River in central New Brunswick, Canada, approximately 60 kilometres north of Fredericton. As of 1991, the population was 349. It is considered to be at the geographical centre of New Brunswick.

Founded as a lumbering community in the early 19th Century, Boiestown is named after Thomas Boies, a New Hampshire native who owned the area's first lumber mill. Forestry is still the main industry in the area.

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