Boiestown (1991 population: 349) is a Canadian community in the
rural community
Rural Sociologists have identified a number of different types of rural communities, which have arisen as a result of changing economic trends within rural regions of industrial nations.
The basic trend seems to be one in which communities a ...
of
Upper Miramichi in
Northumberland County,
New Brunswick
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.
It is situated on the
Southwest Miramichi River
The Southwest Miramichi River is a river in New Brunswick, Canada.
The river has its origin in Carleton County, at Miramichi Lake in the Miramichi Highlands (a part of the Appalachian Mountains). Its two branches join near the hamlet of Junip ...
approximately 60 kilometres northeast of
Fredericton
Fredericton (; ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), Saint John River, ...
, near the province's geographic centre on
Route 8 and the eastern terminus of
Route 625.
History
Founded as a
lumber
Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, window frames). ...
ing community in the early 19th century, Boiestown is named after Thomas Boies, a
New Hampshire
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native who owned the area's first lumber mill. Forestry is still the main industry in the area.
Boiestown's post office was established in 1842.
Attractions
Boiestown is home to the Central New Brunswick Woodsmen's Museum. Nearby attractions include
Priceville Footbridge, the longest suspension footbridge in New Brunswick, and
Nelson Hollow Bridge, the oldest covered bridge in the province.
In popular culture
Boiestown is the setting for ''Peter Emberley'', a well-known traditional ballad and a favourite lumbering song of New Brunswick. The song recounts the story of a young man from Prince Edward Island who was killed in the Miramichi woods when a log rolled on him. The ballad was sung throughout Atlantic Canada and in Ontario lumbercamps. It is immortalised in
Edward D. Ives 1959
Folkways Records
Folkways Records was a record label founded by Moses Asch that documented folk, world, and children's music. It was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1987 and is now part of Smithsonian Folkways.
History
The Folkways Records & Service ...
album ''Folksongs of Maine'', and in the 1962 recording ''Folksongs of the Miramichi: Lumber and River Songs from the Miramichi Folk Fest, Newcastle, New Brunswick''.
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his nearly 70-year ...
's ''Ballad of Donald White'' is adapted from the music and words of ''Peter Emberley''.
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 municipal ...
References
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Communities in Northumberland County, New Brunswick