Kingsclear is an unincorporated rural area 20 km west 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, ...
,
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to ...
, Canada.
The area includes forests,
Saint John River shoreline, agricultural land, small businesses, rural residences, and the
Mactaquac Dam
The Mactaquac Dam is an embankment dam used to generate hydroelectricity in Mactaquac, New Brunswick. It dams the waters of the Saint John River and is operated by NB Power with a capacity to generate 670 megawatts of electricity from 6 turbin ...
.
Access is via the
Trans-Canada Highway
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, and NB Routes
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* AD 102, a year in the 2nd century AD
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, and
3.
Local governance was provided by the Kingsclear
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* Local service district (New Brunswick)
A local service district (LSD) was a provincial administrative unit for the provision of local services in the Canadian province o ...
(KLSD).
The KSLD did not govern the
Maliseet
The Wolastoqiyik, (, also known as the Maliseet or Malecite () are an Algonquian-speaking First Nation of the Wabanaki Confederacy. They are the Indigenous people of the Wolastoq ( Saint John River) valley and its tributaries. Their terri ...
Indian Reserve Kingsclear 6, which forms an enclave.
About 2,800 people live within the area of the KLSD.
Named areas include French Village, Island View, Longs Creek, Lower Kingsclear, Ludford Subdivision, Mazerolle Settlement, Newmarket, Oswald Gray Subdivision, Smithfield, and Upper Kingsclear.
See also
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Kings Landing Historical Settlement
Kings Landing is a New Brunswick living history museum with original buildings from the period of 1820-1920. It was created around buildings that were saved and moved to make way for the headpond for the Mactaquac Dam.
Although Kings Landing ...
: an outdoor museum with original buildings from the period of 1820-1920.
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New Brunswick Training School: a former youth detention centre in the area.
References
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Communities in York County, New Brunswick