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
- Earle Avery - Canadian & U.S. Hall of Fame harness racing driver/trainer.
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See also
References
- 2006 Statistics Canada Census Profile Profile: Aberdeen Parish, New Brunswick
- "Mount Frederick Clarke". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- "Carleton County History". Carleton County Historical Society. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- "New Brunswick Carleton County". theyerxas.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- Cusack, Ruby M. "The Story of Knowlesville The Community and Its People by Judson M. Corey". Retrieved 28 May 2012.
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