Wakefield, New Brunswick

This article is about the community. For the geographic parish, former local service district, and census subdivision, see Wakefield Parish, New Brunswick.

Wakefield is located in New Brunswick
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Location of Wakefield in New Brunswick
Hartland Covered Bridge

Wakefield is a dispersed Canadian rural community located in Wakefield Parish, Carleton County, New Brunswick.[1]

Located approximately 9 km southeast of Hartland,[2] Wakefield sits along Route 103 by the Saint John River. The nearby Hartland is home to the Hartland Bridge, the world's longest covered bridge.

History

Main article: History of New Brunswick

According to local residents in the early 20th century, the old village of Wakefield was located at what later became Victoria Corner.[3] It had a large store run by James R. Tupper and a hotel run by John Moran.[3]

In 1984, a famous bridge at Wakefield burned down in a fire.[4] By 1988, it had been rebuilt as a covered bridge, and re-opened to pedestrians only.[4]

Wakefield is one of the settings in the novel Maclean by Allan Donaldson, which tells the story of a First World War veteran who was gassed at Ypres.[5]

See also

Neighbouring communities

References

  1. ^ "Wakefield".
  2. ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Search Results". geonames.nrcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b Ketchum, T. C. L. (1922). A short history of Carleton county, New Brunswick. Woodstock, New Brunswick: Sentinel. p. 63.
  4. ^ a b Ferguson, Will (May 24, 1998). "A Kiss in the Dark: The Vanishing Beauty of Covered Bridges". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2024-03-31 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Grace, Sherrill (2014). Landscapes of war and memory: The two World Wars in Canadian literature and the arts, 1977-2007. University of Alberta Press. p. 117. ISBN 9781772120004.

Further reading

46°13′19″N 67°31′27″W / 46.221944°N 67.524152°W / 46.221944; -67.524152

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