Targettville, New Brunswick Explained

Official Name:Targettville
Pushpin Map:New Brunswick
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Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Targettville in New Brunswick
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:New Brunswick
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kent County
Leader Title:Chief
Leader Title2:MP
Leader Title3:MLA
Established Title:Established
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Timezone Dst:ADT
Utc Offset Dst:-3
Coordinates:46.5424°N -65.0312°W
Elevation Min M:0
Blank Name:NTS Map

Targettville is a community in Weldford Parish, located on the Richibucto River, 7.55 km NE of Fords Mills, on the road to Browns Yard. Today the community has a popular outdoor skating rink and recreation center with an outdoor playground. The facility holds community events such as music nights and family reunions as well as having a very active program for young children during the summer.

History

See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Kent County, New Brunswick. This community had a Post Office 1928-1956 and was site of the Targettville Quarry, an operation to extract stone along the river and move them to Richibucto to construct the break water for that harbour.

Notable people

See main article: List of people from Kent County, New Brunswick.

See also