Kent Junction is a Canadian unincorporated community, located in Kent County,

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 ...

. The community is situated in southeastern

, between

Moncton Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. The ...

and

Nouvelle-Arcadie Nouvelle-Arcadie is a village in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms. History Nouvelle-Arcadie was incorporated on January 1, 2023. See also *List of communities in ...

. Kent Junction is located mainly on

New Brunswick Route 126 Route 126 is a North/South provincial highway in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The road runs from Route 117 intersection in Miramichi. The road has a length of approximately 121 kilometres, and services small, otherwise isolated rural ...

History

Kent Junction had a Post Office from 1884 to 1891 and again 1894–1970. In 1898 Kent Junction was a station on the

Intercolonial Railway The Intercolonial Railway of Canada , also referred to as the Intercolonial Railway (ICR), was a historic Canadian railway that operated from 1872 to 1918, when it became part of Canadian National Railways. As the railway was also completely ow ...

and a farming and lumbering settlement with 1 post office, 1 store, 1 hotel and a population of 75.

Places of note

*Kent Lake Lodge (Community Center)

Notable people

References

Bordering communities

Noinville, New Brunswick Noinville is a Canadian unincorporated community, located in Kent County, New Brunswick, Kent County, New Brunswick. The community is situated in southeastern New Brunswick, close to Nouvelle-Arcadie. Noinville is located mainly on New Brunswi ...

Mortimer, New Brunswick Mortimer is a Canadian unincorporated community, located in Kent County, New Brunswick. The community is situated in southeastern New Brunswick, Between Moncton and Nouvelle-Arcadie. Mortimer is located mainly at the intersection of Route 126 ...

Communities in Kent County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub