Burnsville, New Brunswick

Burnsville is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.[1] It is situated in Paquetville, a parish of Gloucester County.[2]

Burnsville
Location of Burnsville in New Brunswick

History

When settled in 1874, the community initially took the name of Milltown. The community's current name is derived from that of Kennedy Francis Burns, a Canadian politician and President of the Caraquet and Gulf Shore Railway, the same company that built a railroad through Burnsville.[2]

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See also

References

  1. "Burnsville". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. "Burnsville". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 6 March 2015.


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