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Burnsville, New Brunswick

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47°42′00″N 65°10′01″W / 47.7°N 65.167°W / 47.7; -65.167

Burnsville is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It is situated in Paquetville, a parish of Gloucester County.

History

See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Gloucester County, New Brunswick

When settled in 1874, the community initially took the name of Milltown. The community's current name is derived from that of Kennedy Francis Burns, a Canadian politician and President of the Caraquet and Gulf Shore Railway, the same company that built a railroad through Burnsville.

See also

References

  1. "Burnsville". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Burnsville". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 6 March 2015.


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