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New Brunswick Route 845
Route 845 is a Canadian highway in Kings County, New Brunswick. The road passes along the southern side of the Kingston Peninsula. Route 845 begins within the town limits of Hampton at an intersection with Route 121. Next comes the village of Kingston, followed by the village of Clifton Royal which has a cable ferry (Gondola Point Ferry) to the Saint John suburb of Quispamsis. Route 845 follows the southern shore of the Kingston Peninsula along the Kennebecasis River past Clifton Royal and Chapel Grove. Next is the community of Summerville, which has a seasonal ferry to Millidgeville, in Saint John. Adjacent to this ferry is another cable ferry to Kennebecasis Island, a summer-only community accessible from May to November. The road curves northward at Lands End opposite Grand Bay-Westfield, where a third ferry to Grand Bay-Westfield leaves from the Hardings Point Landing Road. The second half of Route 845 runs northeasterly along the Saint John River from Hardings Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Transportation (New Brunswick)
The Ministry (government department), Department of Transportation is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with the maintenance of the provincial highway network and the management of the province's automobile fleet. The department was established in 1967 when Premier of New Brunswick, Premier Louis Robichaud split the Department of Public Works and Highways (New Brunswick), Department of Public Works and Highways. In 2012, it returned to these roots when it was merged with most of the Department of Supply and Services (New Brunswick), Department of Supply and Services to form a new Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (New Brunswick), Department of Transportation and Infrastructure. Ministers * Williams continued with responsibility for this department when it was merged into the new Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (New Brunswick), Department of Transportation & Infrastructure. References External linksDepartment of Transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifton Royal, New Brunswick
Clifton Royal is a rural community in Kings County New Brunswick, Canada. It is connected to Quispamsis via the Gondola Point Ferry The Gondola Point Ferry is a cable ferry in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The ferry crosses the Kennebecasis River, linking Gondola Point in Quispamsis on the southern bank, to Reeds Point on the Kingston Peninsula. The ferry carries N .... History Notable people See also * List of communities in New Brunswick References Communities in Kings County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of New Brunswick Provincial Highways
This is a list of numbered provincial highways in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. These provincial highways are maintained by the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure in New Brunswick. For a list of formerly-numbered highways, see List of former New Brunswick provincial highways. __TOC__ Arterial highways Marked by green signs, these highways are the primary routes in the system, and Routes 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 15, 16 and 95 are all expressways or freeways for part or all of their length. The speed limit generally ranges from , with the highest limits on four-lane freeway sections. Collector highways Marked by blue signs, these secondary highways are sometimes the old alignments of primary highways or connector routes between towns or to and from primary highways. The speed limit is generally . * Route 100 -- Saint John - Rothesay - Quispamsis - Hampton * Route 101 -- Fredericton - Tracy - Fredericton Junction - Welsford * Route 102 -- Pokiok - King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick Route 850
Route 850 is a Canadian highway in Kings County, New Brunswick. The 27 kilometre road passes along the northern side of the Kingston Peninsula. Route 850 begins near Springfield at an intersection with Route 124. Skirting the southern shore of Belleisle Bay, the route passes through Keirsteadville, Long Point and Erbs Cove, before terminating at Kingston at an intersection with Route 845. Just north of Erbs Cove, there is a cable ferry across Bellisle Bay. The ferry operates year-round. Much of the route passes through a narrow band of low lying agricultural land with forested hills rising in the background. This is a popular summer residential area and there is a small marina on the bay. Communities along Route 850 * Kingston * Urquhart * Erbs Cove * Long Point * Keirsteadville *Springfield See also *List of New Brunswick provincial highways This is a list of numbered provincial highways in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. These provincial highways are maint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston Corner, New Brunswick
Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, England Animals * Kingston (horse) (1884–1912), an American Thoroughbred racehorse * Kingston parakeets, feral parakeets in the UK Music * Kingston (band), a New Zealand pop/rock band * Kingston (country music band), an American duo * Kingston Maguire, known as Kingston, of hip hop duo Blue Sky Black Death * The Kingston Trio, an American folk and pop music group People * Kingston (surname), a surname, including a list of people with the name * Earl of Kingston and Baron Kingston and Viscount Kingston, a title in the Peerage of Ireland * Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, and Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, a title in the Peerage of England Rivers * Kingston Brook, a small river in central England * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint John River (New Brunswick)
The Saint John River (french: Fleuve Saint-Jean; Maliseet-Passamaquoddy: ''Wolastoq'') is a long river that flows from Northern Maine into Canada, and runs south along the western side of New Brunswick, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean in the Bay of Fundy. Eastern Canada's longest river, its drainage basin is one of the largest on the east coast at about . A part of the border between New Brunswick and Maine follows 130 km (80 miles) of the river. A tributary forms 55 km (35 miles) of the border between Quebec and Maine. New Brunswick settlements through which it passes include, moving downstream, Edmundston, Fredericton, Oromocto, and Saint John. It is regulated by hydro-power dams at Mactaquac, Beechwood, and Grand Falls, New Brunswick. Hydronym Samuel de Champlain visited the mouth of the river on the feast day of John the Baptist in 1604 and renamed it the Rivière Saint-Jean or Saint John River in English. Many waterways in the system retain their origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Bay-Westfield, New Brunswick
Grand Bay-Westfield is a town on the west bank of the Saint John River immediately north of the boundary between Kings County and Saint John County. Name The Town's hyphenated name is the product of a series of amalgamations since 1966. The Parish, and later the Village, of Westfield was named in honour of either Westfield, Massachusetts or Westfield, New Jersey by the Loyalists. The name may also simply be in reference to its location in the western corner of Kings County, New Brunswick. While the name Grand Bay (or as it appears on Monckton's 1758 map, ''Grand Baye'') was used for the body of water by the Acadians and Loyalists, the name only became associated with the settlement at the edge of Westfield Parish around 1869. History Wolastoqey Period The Town of Grand Bay-Westfield exists on traditional Wolastoqey land. The river that runs along the Town is known as Wolastoq, along which the Wolastoqiyik, the people of the beautiful and bountiful river, have lived sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennebecasis Island
Kennebecasis Island (also called McCormick's Island) is a small Canadian island located in the Province of New Brunswick at the confluence of the Saint John River and Kennebecasis River. Its proximity to the city of Saint John has resulted in a seasonal community of about 100 cottages, as well as a 3-hole golf course and tennis court being established. During the late 1990s a cottage subdivision called "Island Estates" was established on the island, which saw a new boat launch, the present golf course and numerous new cottages established. When "Island Estates" was established electricity became available in several areas of the island, with potential for future expansion. The island's perimeter contains many secluded beaches, rocky outcrops and has natural deep-water coves which provide excellent shelter for boaters needing safe harbour to lay in overnight. Originally Kennebecasis Island supported five farms: Hutchings, Morrow, Keith and two McCormick. There was also a on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millidgeville, New Brunswick
Millidgeville is a Canadian neighbourhood in the city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick. Millidgeville is situated on the northern edge of the city, on Brothers Cove off the Kennebecasis River at the point where that westerly flowing river meets the southerly flowing Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), Saint John River. Royal Kennebeccasis Yacht Club The tower of the Royal Kennebeccasis Yacht Club (RKYC) has been a beacon to boaters since its construction at the turn of the 20th century. The club was founded in 1898. In 1899, The Club published her Constitution, by-laws, sailing regulations, yacht routine, list of members, list of yachts, and signal code Frederick Neil Broody designed the Royal Kennebeccasis Yacht Club club house in 1901. Royal Kennebaccasis Yacht Club received permission for use of the Prefix Royal and the Blue Ensign. In 1972, the Royal Kennebeccasis Yacht Club, Millidgeville, N.B. was honoured with an 8 cent stamp issued in Canada. In 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summerville, New Brunswick
Summerville is a rural community in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is served by the Summerville to Millidgeville Ferry, which connects it with the neighbourhood of Millidgeville in Saint John.http://www.gnb.ca/0113/ferries/ferries-e.asp#F98 History Notable people Emmett Hickey See also *List of communities in New Brunswick This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a province in Canada. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as either an incorporated municipality, an Indian reserve, or an unincorporated community inside or outside a municipalit ... References Communities in Kings County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapel Grove, New Brunswick
Chapel Grove is a Canadian rural community in Kings County, New Brunswick. It is adjacent to Summerville and lies south of Clifton Royal on the Kingston Peninsula on the northwest bank of the Kennebecasis River opposite the towns of Quispamsis and Rothesay. The community is served by New Brunswick Route 845. The community is framed by steep hills directly west of Long Island. Among Chapel Grove's earliest European settlers were United Empire Loyalists who were granted farmsteads in the area for their loyalty to the British cause. Most of these farms are now overgrown by dense forest. The rural site developed in the early twentieth century as a summer retreat for residents of Saint John, New Brunswick. The community derives its name from St Bridget's Catholic Church, situated in a grove of cedar trees. St. Bridget's mission church built between 1872 and 1873 was served by the Redemptorist order of priests from St. Peter's parish in Saint John from 1887 to 2006, and is now ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
