Burnsville is a community in the
Canadian province
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...
of
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
.
It is situated in
Paquetville
Paquetville is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023. It is on the Acadian Peninsula at the intersection of Route 340, Route 135 and Route 350.
History
Paquetville wa ...
, a parish of
Gloucester County.
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
Kennedy Francis Burns (January 8, 1842 – June 23, 1895) was a Canadian businessman and politician of the Liberal party.
Biography
Born a Roman Catholic in Thomastown, Republic of Ireland, he emigrated to British North America. He worked a ...
, a Canadian politician and President of the
Caraquet and Gulf Shore Railway The Caraquet and Gulf Shore Railway was a short line railway on the south shore of Chaleur Bay in New Brunswick that ran for 75 miles between Bathurst and Tracadie with a spur line to Shippagan. Completed in 1890, it became part of the Canadian N ...
, the same company that built a railroad through Burnsville.
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 ...
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List of people from Gloucester County, New Brunswick
This is a list of notable people from Gloucester County, New Brunswick. Although not everyone in this list was born in Gloucester County, they all live or have lived in Gloucester County and have had significant connections to the communities.
T ...
References
Communities in Gloucester County, New Brunswick
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