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New Brunswick Route 585
Route 585 is a long east–west secondary highway in the eastern portion of New Brunswick, Canada. The route starts at Route 103 in Woodstock. The road travels southeast crossing the Grafton Bridge over the Saint John River before crossing Route 105 in Grafton. Continuing, the road passes the Woodstock Airport before continuing east through a mostly forested area to Newbridge and East Newbridge. In Harten Corner, Route 585 intersects with the northern terminus of Route 595. The road continues through Clarkville and crosses the Nackawic River into Nortondale where it changes direction. It now travels northeast through Woodstock Road before it ends at Route 104 in Hawkins Corner. History See also * * References 585 585 __NOTOC__ Year 585 ( DLXXXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 585 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar ... [...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] |
East Newbridge, New Brunswick
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that east is the direction where the Sun rises: ''east'' comes from Middle English ''est'', from Old English ''ēast'', which itself comes from the Proto-Germanic *''aus-to-'' or *''austra-'' "east, toward the sunrise", from Proto-Indo-European *aus- "to shine," or "dawn", cognate with Old High German ''*ōstar'' "to the east", Latin ''aurora'' 'dawn', and Greek ''ēōs'' 'dawn, east'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin oriens 'east, sunrise' from orior 'to rise, to originate', Greek ανατολή anatolé 'east' from ἀνατέλλω 'to rise' and Hebrew מִזְרָח mizraḥ 'east' from זָרַח zaraḥ 'to rise, to shine'. ''Ēostre'', a Germanic goddess of dawn, might have been a personificatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick Route 104
Route 104 is a highway in New Brunswick, Canada, running from an intersection with the Trans-Canada Highway near Hartland to an intersection with Route 105 at Mouth of Keswick (near Fredericton), a distance of 83 kilometres. From Hartland, Route 104 follows the Becaguimec Stream to the north traveling east through the communities of Coldstream at the south terminus of Route 570, Lower Windsor at the south terminus of Route 580 before turning south east. The road travels through Carlisle and Cloverdale, the east terminus of Route 575, turning southeast through uninhabited forest land through the villages of Maplewood, Hawkins Corner at Route 585, Millville past the north-east terminus of Route 605. The road continues east through Hainesville past the north-east terminus of Route 610, Greenhill, and past the Crabbe Mountain ski hill, Brewers Mills, Morehouse Corner, past the north terminus of Route 616 to the rural community of Zealand. Route 104 then follows the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodstock Road, New Brunswick
Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held during August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, United States, southwest of the town of Woodstock. Billed as "an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music" and alternatively referred to as the Woodstock Rock Festival, it attracted an audience of more than 400,000 attendees. Thirty-two acts performed outdoors despite sporadic rain. It was one of the largest music festivals held in history. The festival has become widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history as well as a defining event for the counterculture generation. The event's significance was reinforced by a 1970 documentary film, an accompanying soundtrack album, and a song written by Joni Mitchell that became a major hit for both Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Matthews Southern Comfort. Music events bearing the Woodstock name were planned for anniversaries, which included th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nackawic River
Nackawic is an unincorporated community in New Brunswick, Canada. It held town status prior to 2023. It is approximately 65 km west of the city of Fredericton on the east bank of the Saint John River. Nackawic, from the Malecite Nelgwaweegek, "straight stream", possibly in reference to how the mouth faces the Saint-John River. History The area was first settled in 1784 by the United Empire Loyalists, primarily through land grants to the families of soldiers who had fought with His Majesty's Regiment of Queen's Rangers during the American Revolutionary War. Previously known as Otis, the development of town began in the late 1960s and was built so those forced to relocate as a result of the Mactaquac Dam being constructed would have a place to reside. Construction of the pulp mill, built to employ these displaced persons who lost their traditional farming opportunities that came with the dam, occurred between 1967 and 1970. Nackawic was officially incorporated as a to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkville, New Brunswick
Clarkville is a community in York County, New Brunswick on Route 585. History Notable people See also * List of communities in New Brunswick References Communities in York County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick Route 595
Route 595 is a long north–south secondary highway in the eastern portion of New Brunswick, Canada. The route starts at Route 585 in Harten Corner east of the town of Woodstock Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held during August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, United States, southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, Woodstock. .... The road travels southeast past Bull Lake and through the community of Bull Lake. The road continues through West Waterville, Central Waterville and Temperance Vale. It crosses the Nackawic River before ending at Route 605 in Pinder. See also * * References 595 595 {{NewBrunswick-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harten Corner, New Brunswick
Harten is a surname of German or Dutch origin. Notable people with the surname include: *Ami Harten (1946–1994), American-Israeli applied mathematician * James Harten (1924–2001), Australian cricketer *Jo Harten (born 1989), English netball player * Patrick Harten, American air traffic controller *Uwe Harten (born 1944), German musicologist See also * Gus Van Harten * ''Wilde Harten '' Wilde Harten '' is a 1989 Dutch film directed by Jindra Markus. It was based on his own story. The film was distributed internationally under the title ''Wild Hearts''. Cast * Alexandra van Marken ... Alison * Han Oldigs ... Quinten ...'' * Young Hearts (1936 film) References Surnames of German origin Surnames of Dutch origin {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodstock, New Brunswick
Woodstock is a town in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada on the Saint John River, 103 km upriver from Fredericton at the mouth of the Meduxnekeag River. It is near the Canada–United States border and Houlton, Maine and the intersection of Interstate 95 and the Trans-Canada Highway making it a transportation hub. It is also a service centre for the potato industry and for more than 26,000 people in the nearby communities of Hartland, Florenceville-Bristol, Centreville, Bath, Meductic, and Canterbury for shopping, employment and entertainment. Woodstock was possibly named after Woodstock, Oxfordshire. The name is Old English in origin, meaning a "clearing in the woods". New Brunswick historian William Francis Ganong believed the parish (and later town) was named in honour of Viscount Woodstock, a junior title of the Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of Great Britain when the Loyalists arrived in New Brunswick. History Little is known of the area before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodstock Airport (New Brunswick)
Woodstock Aerodrome is located east of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada. The Aerodrome#Canada, aerodrome lies in the town of Grafton, New Brunswick, Grafton off New Brunswick Route 585, Route 585. References Registered aerodromes in New Brunswick Buildings and structures in Carleton County, New Brunswick Transport in Carleton County, New Brunswick Woodstock, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
