Kingston is a Canadian community in
Kings 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 village centre is located at the intersection of New Brunswick Routes
845 and
850
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Year 850 (Roman numerals, DCCCL) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* February 1 – King Ramiro I of A ...
. The square features a school, church, and a general store built in 1788. The
MacDonald Consolidated School also houses a museum. There is also a popular farmers market in Kingston which draws buyers from such areas as
Quispamsis
Quispamsis (, sometimes shortened to ) is a Kings County suburb of Saint John, New Brunswick, located to the northeast in the lower Kennebecasis River valley. Its population was 18,768 as of the 2021 census.
History
The original inhabita ...
and
Rothesay, New Brunswick
Rothesay () is a town located in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is adjacent to the City of Saint John along the Kennebecasis River.
Geography
Located along the lower Kennebecasis River valley, Rothesay borders the city of Saint John ...
.
History
Located on the
Kingston Peninsula
The Kingston Peninsula is a peninsula in southern New Brunswick, Canada, located between the Saint John River (New Brunswick), Saint John River and the Kennebecasis River in Kings County, New Brunswick, Kings County.
The peninsula was the site of ...
, the village was settled in 1783 by
Loyalists
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at the conclusion of the
American Revolution
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.
The Kings County Gaol was once located in the community but it was moved to nearby
Hampton
Hampton may refer to:
Places Australia
*Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia
*Hampton, New South Wales
*Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region
* Hampton, Victoria
Canada
* Hampton, New Brunswick
*Ha ...
one stone at a time.
New Brunswick.net
/ref> The famous horse thief Henry More Smith once escaped from the jail.
See also
* Royal eponyms in Canada
In Canada, a number of sites and structures are named for royal individuals, whether a member of the past French royal family, British royal family, or present Canadian royal family thus reflecting the country's status as a constitutional monarch ...
* Ministers Face - local cliff face
Notable people
{{Main, List of people from New Brunswick
See also
*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
Kingston Farmers Market
Communities in Kings County, New Brunswick