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Boiestown (1991 population: 349) is a Canadian community in the
rural community In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
of Upper Miramichi in Northumberland County,
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. It is situated on the
Southwest Miramichi River The Southwest Miramichi River is a river in New Brunswick, Canada. The river has its origin in Carleton County, at Miramichi Lake in the Miramichi Highlands (a part of the Appalachian Mountains). Its two branches join near the hamlet of Junipe ...
approximately 60 kilometres northeast of
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, near the province's geographic centre on Route 8 and the eastern terminus of Route 625. Boiestown's post office was established in 1842. Boiestown is home to the
Central New Brunswick Woodsmen's Museum The Central New Brunswick Woodsmen's Museum is a Canadian forestry museum located in Boiestown, New Brunswick. The museum is located on a site alongside Highway 8 and the Southwest Miramichi River. Its collection includes tools and models wh ...
. Nearby attractions include
Priceville Footbridge McNamee/Priceville Footbridge is the longest () suspension footbridge in New Brunswick, Canada. It spans the Southwest Miramichi River at McNamee, approximately 12 km west of Doaktown, New Brunswick.New Brunswick- Nova Scotia Cable and Rope Su ...
, the longest suspension footbridge in New Brunswick, and
Nelson Hollow Bridge The Nelson Hollow Bridge (Mill Brook #0.5) is the oldest covered bridge in New Brunswick, Canada. It is the only remaining covered bridge in Northumberland County, New Brunswick. The bridge, which was first constructed in 1870 and rebuilt in 1899, ...
, the oldest covered bridge in the province. Boiestown is the setting for ''Peter Emberley'', a well-known traditional ballad and the favourite lumbering song of New Brunswick. The song recounts the story of a young man from Prince Edward Island who was killed in the Miramichi woods when a log rolled on him. The ballad was sung throughout Atlantic Canada and in Ontario lumbercamps. It is immortalised in Edward D. Ives 1959
Folkways Records Folkways Records was a record label founded by Moses Asch that documented folk, world, and children's music. It was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1987 and is now part of Smithsonian Folkways. History The Folkways Records & Service ...
album ''Folksongs of Maine'', and in the 1962 recording ''Folksongs of the Miramichi: Lumber and River Songs from the Miramichi Folk Fest, Newcastle, New Brunswick''.
Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
's ''Ballad of Donald White'' is adapted from the music and words of ''Peter Emberley''.


History

Founded as a
lumber Lumber is wood that has been processed into dimensional lumber, including beams and planks or boards, a stage in the process of wood production. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, wi ...
ing community in the early 19th century, Boiestown is named after
Thomas Boies Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...
, a
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native who owned the area's first lumber mill. Forestry is still the main industry in the area.


Notable people


See also

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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

* {{coord, 46, 27, N, 66, 24, W, region:CA_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki, display=title Communities in Northumberland County, New Brunswick