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McKenzie Corner, New Brunswick

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McKenzie Corner is a rural community in New Brunswick, Canada. There are two churches in the settlement: McKenzie Corner Baptist Church, which features a cemetery, and St. John's United Church.

The businessman and politician James Kidd Flemming lived in McKenzie Corner, where he died in 1927.

History

The settlement was once known as McKenzie's Corner and was named after William McKenzie, who settled in 1822. In 1866, McKenzie Corner was a farming settlement with around 140 families present. In 1871, it was a station on the New Brunswick and Canada Railway. In 1898, the population was 150 and there was a post office, a cheese factory, and two churches.

The settlement Springbrook, in Hastings County, was once also known under the similar name McKenzie's Corners.

See also

References

  1. "McKenzie Corner". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  2. "McKenzie Corner Baptist Church". McKenzie Corner Baptist Church. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  3. "McKenzie Corner Baptist Church - McKenzie Corner, NB". KJV Churches. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  4. "Woodstock Council Briefs - Times & Transcript". Telegraph Journal. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  5. "Debec Mackenzie Corner United Baptist Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  6. "Commonwealth War Grave Debec McKenzie Corner United Baptist Cemetery - McKenzie Corner". TracesOfWar.com. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  7. "St John's United Church McKenzie Corner". Nonprofit Panel. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  8. "Biography – FLEMMING, JAMES KIDD – Volume XV (1921-1930) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 2005. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  9. ^ Crossby, P.A.; Lovell, J. (1874). Lovell's Gazetteer of British North America. Lovell Printing and Publishing Company. p. 182. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  10. "Provincial Archives of New Brunswick". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

46°06′04″N 67°43′12″W / 46.101°N 67.720°W / 46.101; -67.720


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