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McKenzie Corner, New Brunswick

McKenzie Corner is located in New Brunswick
McKenzie Corner
McKenzie Corner
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Location of McKenzie Corner in New Brunswick

McKenzie Corner is a rural community in New Brunswick, Canada.[1] There are two churches in the settlement: McKenzie Corner Baptist Church,[2][3][4] which features a cemetery,[5][6] and St. John's United Church.[7]

The businessman and politician James Kidd Flemming lived in McKenzie Corner, where he died in 1927.[8]

History

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The settlement was once known as McKenzie's Corner[9] and was named after William McKenzie, who settled in 1822. In 1866, McKenzie Corner was a farming settlement with around 140 families present. In 1871, it was a station on the New Brunswick and Canada Railway. In 1898, the population was 150 and there was a post office, a cheese factory, and two churches.[10]

The settlement Springbrook, in Hastings County, was once also known under the similar name McKenzie's Corners.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "McKenzie Corner". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  2. ^ "McKenzie Corner Baptist Church". McKenzie Corner Baptist Church. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  3. ^ "McKenzie Corner Baptist Church - McKenzie Corner, NB". KJV Churches. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Woodstock Council Briefs - Times & Transcript". Telegraph Journal. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Debec Mackenzie Corner United Baptist Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Commonwealth War Grave Debec McKenzie Corner United Baptist Cemetery - McKenzie Corner". TracesOfWar.com. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  7. ^ "St John's United Church McKenzie Corner". Nonprofit Panel. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Biography – FLEMMING, JAMES KIDD – Volume XV (1921-1930) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 2005. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  9. ^ a b Crossby, P.A.; Lovell, J. (1874). Lovell's Gazetteer of British North America. Lovell Printing and Publishing Company. p. 182. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Provincial Archives of New Brunswick". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

46°06′04″N 67°43′12″W / 46.101°N 67.720°W / 46.101; -67.720


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