Pinder is a Canadian community in
York County,
New Brunswick
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at the intersection of
Route 595 and
Route 605 on the
Nackawic River.
It is adjacent to the community of
Temperance Vale and was named for
sawmill
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owner and member of the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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,
James K. Pinder. It is located 5.71 km NNE of
Nackawic-Millville
Nackawic-Millville is a rural community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms.
History
Nackawic-Millville was incorporated on January 1, 2023 via the amalgamation of t ...
.
A post office was established here in 1912, which was removed in 1938. It also had a
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...
station.
Officially, it is part of Temperance Vale.
History
The
Pinder Falls &
Dam
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are one of the Waterfalls of New Brunswick.
Notable people
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 ...
References
Communities in York County, New Brunswick
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