Kingsclear is an unincorporated rural area 20 km west of
Fredericton
Fredericton (; ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River, which flows west to east as it bisects the city. The river is the do ...
,
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 ...
, Canada.
The area includes forests,
Saint John River shoreline, agricultural land, small businesses, rural residences, and the
Mactaquac Dam.
Access is via the
Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway ( French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the Atlantic Ocean o ...
, and NB Routes
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, and
3.
Local governance is provided by the Kingsclear
Local Service District A local service district is a type of designated place in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. In the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, a local service district is a defined area led by an elected committee responsible for the deliv ...
(KLSD).
The KSLD does not govern the
Maliseet
The Wəlastəkwewiyik, or Maliseet (, also spelled Malecite), are an Algonquian-speaking First Nation of the Wabanaki Confederacy. They are the indigenous people of the Wolastoq ( Saint John River) valley and its tributaries. Their territory ...
Indian Reserve Kingsclear 6, which forms an enclave.
About 2,800 people live within the area of the KLSD.
Named areas include French Village, Island View, Longs Creek, Lower Kingsclear, Ludford Subdivision, Mazerolle Settlement, Newmarket, Oswald Gray Subdivision, Smithfield, and Upper Kingsclear.
See also
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Kings Landing Historical Settlement
Kings Landing is a New Brunswick living history museum with original buildings from the period of 1820-1920. It was created around buildings that were saved and moved to make way for the headpond for the Mactaquac Dam.
Although Kings Landing i ...
: an outdoor museum with original buildings from the period of 1820-1920.
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New Brunswick Training School The New Brunswick Training School was a youth detention centre in Kingsclear, New Brunswick, Canada, about west of Fredericton.
Opened in the 1940s, it was the provincial male youth detention centre. It closed in 1998 following an inquiry into abu ...
: a former youth detention centre in the area.
References
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Communities in York County, New Brunswick