Welsford (2001 pop.: 562) is a Canadian rural community in
Queens 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 ...
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Located in the
Nerepis River valley at the foot of Mount Douglas, Welsford is north of
Nerepis, New Brunswick
Nerepis is a Canadian rural community in Westfield Parish, Kings County, New Brunswick.
It is situated on the Nerepis River and is located northwest of the town of Grand Bay-Westfield in the local service district D.O.T. Nerepis is served by ...
and the town of
Grand Bay-Westfield
Grand Bay-Westfield is a town on the west bank of the Saint John River immediately north of the boundary between Kings County and Saint John County.
Name
The Town's hyphenated name is the product of a series of amalgamations since 1966. The ...
.
History
Named after
Captain Welsford who died a hero in the
Crimean War
The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia.
Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...
and was commemorated with the
Welsford-Parker Monument.
Notable people
See also
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List of communities in New Brunswick
References
Communities in Queens County, New Brunswick
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