Knowlesville, New Brunswick

Knowlesville is a small community in Carleton County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Knowlesville is in Aberdeen Parish, with a population in the 2011 Census of 981.[1] It is located approximately 20 km east of Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick, along the Knowlesville Road.

Mount Frederic Clark in Knowlesville has an elevation of 531 meters or 1742 feet.[2]

History

Knowlesville is close to Skedaddle Ridge, where a number of Skedaddlers, draft evaders from the American Civil War lived during the 1860s.

It was named for Rev. Charles Knowles,[3] a Free Will Baptist minister from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia,[4] who persuaded some local fishermen to take up farming in the area in 1861.[5]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2006 Statistics Canada Census Profile Profile: Aberdeen Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ "Mount Frederick Clarke". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Carleton County History". Carleton County Historical Society. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "New Brunswick Carleton County". theyerxas.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  5. ↑ Cusack, Ruby M. "The Story of Knowlesville The Community and Its People by Judson M. Corey". Retrieved 28 May 2012.

Readings

Coordinates: 46°27′49″N 67°22′32″W / 46.4636°N 67.3755°W / 46.4636; -67.3755

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