- Source: Knowlesville, New Brunswick
Knowlesville is a small community in Carleton County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Knowlesville is in Aberdeen Parish, with a population in the 2011 Census of 981. It is located approximately 20 km east of Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick, along the Knowlesville Road.
Mount Frederick Clarke in Knowlesville has an elevation of 531 meters or 1742 feet.
History
Knowlesville is close to Skedaddle Ridge, where a number of Skedaddlers, draft evaders from the American Civil War lived during the 1860s.
It was named for Rev. Charles Knowles, a Free Will Baptist minister from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, who persuaded some local fishermen to take up farming in the area in 1861.
Notable people
Earle Avery - Canadian & U.S. Hall of Fame harness racing driver/trainer.
See also
List of communities in New Brunswick
References
Readings
Corey, Judson M. The Story of Knowlesville: The Community and Its People., J. M. Corey, 1985. ISBN 0969217609
Corey, Judson M. Knowlesville II: the Corey story. Saint John: Inspiration Graphics, 2003.
[1] The South Knowlesville Community Land Trust
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- Knowlesville, New Brunswick
- Aberdeen Parish, New Brunswick
- Mount Frederick Clarke
- Carleton County, New Brunswick
- Earle Avery
- Brighton Parish, New Brunswick
- Kent Parish, New Brunswick
- List of vertical-lift bridges
- Becaguimec Stream
