Burnsville, New Brunswick Explained

47.7°N -65.167°W

Burnsville is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.[1] It is situated in Paquetville, a parish of Gloucester County.[2]

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.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. DASNP. Burnsville. 8 March 2015 .
  2. Web site: Burnsville. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. 6 March 2015 .