Route 785 is a long mostly north–south secondary highway in the southwestern portion 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 ...
, Canada. Locally, this road may be known as either the "Shin Crick Road" or the "Mine Road". In the early 1980s, a mine was established off Route 785, at Mount Pleasant. Today,
Adex Mining
Adex Mining Inc. is a Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based mining exploration company engaged in the development of its wholly owned Mount Pleasant Mine property in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. According to a Government of Canada report, Moun ...
holds a mineral claim on the mine however the mine is currently in an idle state. As a result of mine development at Mount Pleasant, Route 785 was heavily developed and rerouted from the original stage coach trail. Another name for the road is the "Sheldon Lee Highway", a satirical reference to former New Brunswick Minister of Transportation,
Hon. Sheldon Lee, who continued developed the road during his terms in office, especially on the portion of road north of Mount Pleasant. Mr. Lee lived in the community of Bonny River, which is located near the southern end of Route 785, and like many people today, frequently used Route 785 for travel to Fredericton from the St. George area, roughly shaving off 40km per trip when compared to highway travel. Today, the road is heavily used by forest operations.
Route description
Most of the route is in
Charlotte County, while some of it is in
Sunbury County
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.
The route's northern terminus is in the community of
Central Blissville at route
Route 101, close to the South Branch Oromocto River. It travels southeast through mostly wooded and farm areas to
Blissville. The route continues south over a railway crossing, past Scribner Falls,
Cranberry Lake
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,
McDougall Lake
McDougall Lake is a lake in Wells Gray Provincial Park in east-central British Columbia, Canada. It drains through File Creek into Murtle Lake.
Naming
McDougall Lake and McDougall Falls on the Murtle River were named for Pete McDougal who homeste ...
,
McLean Cove,
Blind Lake, and
Widgeon Lake. The route continues and passes between
Mill Lake
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and
Lake Utopia
Lake Utopia is located in eastern Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Charlotte County, New Brunswick.
The southern shore of the lake is one kilometre northeast of the town of St. George, New Brunswick, St. George. The lake is connected to the Magag ...
before intersecting with
Route 780 as it passes through
Utopia
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. The route then passes
Mill Cove
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as it ends in
Pennfield at
Route 176,
Route 1 and
Route 795
See also
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References
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Year 785 ( DCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The article denomination 785 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent meth ...
785
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Year 785 ( DCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The article denomination 785 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent meth ...
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