Temperance Vale is a community in
York County, New Brunswick
York County (2021 population 105,261) is located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county contains the provincial capital, Fredericton. Outside the city, farming and forestry are two major industries in the county, which is bisected by ...
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Canada
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on
Route 595.
History
A farming and logging area, it was first settled c. 1860 by children of the
United Empire Loyalist
United Empire Loyalist (UEL; or simply Loyalist) is an honorific title which was first given by the 1st Lord Dorchester, the governor of Quebec and governor general of the Canadas, to American Loyalists who resettled in British North Ameri ...
families who came to
Queensbury, New Brunswick in 1784. The
2006 Canadian Census found a population of 380.
Published in 1987, ''Temperance Vale - The People and Times of a New Brunswick (Canada) Settlement'' is a history compiled and written by community member
A late 19th-century settler was
James K. Pinder. The adjacent settlement of
Pinder, New Brunswick is named for him. He built and operated a successful lumber mill later owned by
Harry A. Corey. Another former resident of note who was born here, is award-winning author
Deborah Joy Corey.
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
Temperance Vale Community Demographicsfrom
Industry Canada
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Communities in York County, New Brunswick
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