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Location of Lincoln in New Brunswick
Lincoln (2011 pop.: 6,458) is a Canadian suburban community in Sunbury County, New Brunswick.
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Lincoln (2011 pop.: 6,458) is a Canadian suburban community in Sunbury County, New Brunswick.
Located on the west bank of the Saint John River between Fredericton and Oromocto, Lincoln was one of the original United Empire Loyalist settlements established in the province following the American Revolution.
Lincoln was one of the original United Empire Loyalist settlements established in the province following the American Revolution.
Belmont House is a historic building located on New Brunswick Route 102 in Lincoln. The house, built in 1820, was originally built as the home of John Murray Bliss, "the son of a Loyalist settler who became a" justice of the New Brunswick Supreme Court. [1] In 1839, the property was bought by the Wilmot family, a family of Loyalist settlers. [1] Robert Duncan Wilmot, the son of the settler who bought the property, was a Father of Confederation and served as Senator from New Brunswick, and Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick from 1880-1885. [1] Robert Duncan Wilmot died at the Belmont House in 1891. [1]
When the Loyalists moved from the newly independent colonies to British North America, Captain Benjamin Glazier moved in March 1776 to this area and named it Lincoln, as that is where he came from in Massachusetts. Then Upper and Lower Lincoln were created. Then on 18 May 1785 was proclaimed as the Official Birthday of Lincoln. The latter, Upper Lincoln became part of the City of Fredericton, but Lower Lincoln is now only Lincoln and is a Local Service District. A Local Service District (L.S.D.), elects an Advisory committee and advises the Min of Municipal Affairs of what the Citizens would like to have as far as Bylaws and Codes are concerned. As Lincoln has a big Tax Base, due to the Airport, etc.
Although Lincoln is in between the City of Fredericton and the Town of Oromocto, it is easily accessible via the Trans Canada Highway, which forms the boundary on the south. For years Lincoln was just a small 1 street community, but in the 1950s Nevers road was upgraded from a dirt road, and houses started to appear.
Fredericton is the capital city of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River, also known by its Indigenous name of Wolastoq, which flows west to east as it bisects the city. The river is the dominant natural feature of the area. One of the main urban centres in New Brunswick, the city had a population of 63,116 and a metropolitan population of 108,610 in the 2021 Canadian census. It is the third-largest city in the province after Moncton and Saint John.
United Empire Loyalist is an honorific title which was first given by the 1st Lord Dorchester, the Governor of Quebec and Governor General of the Canadas, to American Loyalists who resettled in British North America during or after the American Revolution. At that time, the demonym Canadian or Canadien was used by the descendants of New France settlers inhabiting the Province of Quebec.
Gagetown is a former village in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the village of Arcadia. It is on the west bank of the Saint John River and is the county's shire town.
Robert Duncan Wilmot, was a Canadian politician and a Father of Confederation.
The history of Fredericton stretches from prehistory to the modern day. Fredericton, New Brunswick was first inhabited by the Mi'kmaq and Maliseet peoples. European settlement of the area began with the construction of Fort Nashwaak by the French in 1692. In 1783, the United Empire Loyalists settled Ste. Anne's Point, and in the next year, renamed the settlement Frederick's Town. The name was later shorted to Fredericton in April 1785.
The Oromocto River is a tributary of the Saint John River in southwest New Brunswick, Canada.
Rusagonis-Waasis was a Canadian local service district in Lincoln Parish, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, which bore the name of two communities within the local service district, Rusagonis and Waasis. Early references use an alternative spelling, Rusagornis, for the community today known as Rusagonis. Some residents advocated changing the governing structure from a local service district into a rural community. It is now mainly part of the incorporated rural community of Sunbury-York South, with the remainder belonging to the city of Fredericton and the Capital region rural district.
The history of New Brunswick covers the period from the arrival of the Paleo-Indians thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day New Brunswick were inhabited for millennia by the several First Nations groups, most notably the Maliseet, Mi'kmaq, and the Passamaquoddy.
Lemuel Allan Wilmot was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge.
Blissville is a geographic parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Maugerville is a New Brunswick unincorporated community located on the east bank of the Saint John River in Maugerville Parish, Sunbury County, in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The settlement is located on provincial Route 105, 16 kilometres southeast of the capital city of Fredericton and 3.18 kilometres northeast of the town of Oromocto.
John McNeil Wilmot was a businessman, judge and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented St. John County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1820 to 1827, and from 1835 to 1842.
New Maryland is a geographic parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Lincoln is a geographic parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Oromocto is a Canadian town in Sunbury County, New Brunswick.
Route 655 is a 15.3-kilometre (9.5 mi) long mostly east–west secondary highway in the southwestern portion of New Brunswick, Canada. Most of the route is in New Maryland Parish.
John Murray Bliss was a Canadian jurist, politician and administrator.
Burton is a geographic parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Gladstone is a geographic parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Oromocto-Lincoln-Fredericton was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries from portions of the former ridings of Oromocto and Fredericton-Lincoln.
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