East Branch is a community in
Weldford Parish, New Brunswick
Weldford is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the villages of Five Rivers and Nouvelle-Arcadie, which are both members of the Kent Regional Service Commission, and the R ...
.
It was named for the east branch of the
St. Nicholas River and is located 2.55 km east of
South Branch. In 1898 it was a farming and lumbering settlement with one
sawmill
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logging, logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes ...
and a population of 75.
History
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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Settlements in New Brunswick
Communities in Kent County, New Brunswick