Victoria Corner, New Brunswick Explained

Official Name:Victoria Corner
Nickname:The Corner
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:New Brunswick
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Provinces of Canada
Subdivision Name1:New Brunswick
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Carleton County
Subdivision Type3:Parish
Subdivision Name3:Wakefield Parish
Government Type:Town Council
Leader Title:Mayor
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:c. 1806 (as Bowyers Corner)
Established Title2:Incorporated (Village)
Established Title3:Incorporated (Town)
Population As Of:1901
Population Footnotes:
From Statistics Canada
Population Total:160
Population Blank1 Title:Change 1871-98
Population Blank1:−1.06% -->
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Timezone Dst:ADT
Utc Offset Dst:-3
Coordinates:46.2667°N -67.5167°W
Postal Code Type:Canadian Postal code
Postal Code:E7P
Area Code:506
Blank Name:Telephone Exchange
Blank2 Name:NTS Map
Blank3 Name:GNBC Code

Victoria Corner, New Brunswick is a community in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada located on the west side of the Saint John River, 3.71 km north of Wakefield, 10 miles from Woodstock,[1] on the road to Somerville.

History

See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Carleton County, New Brunswick. It was formerly called Bowyers Corner for Charles Bowyer, who was an early settler.

Victoria Corner has been home to the New Brunswick Bible Institute, since 1944.

Notable people

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

See also

External links

46.2667°N -98°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Angelo Heilprin, Louis Heilprin. Geographical Dictionary of the World. reprint. 2 : M to Z. 1990. Concept Publishing Company. 978-81-7268-012-1. 1926. 1906.