McKenzie Corner, New Brunswick

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McKenzie Corner
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]

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

History

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 had increased to 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]

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References

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  2. "McKenzie Corner Baptist Church". McKenzie Corner Baptist Church. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
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  4. "Woodstock Council Briefs - Times & Transcript". Telegraph Journal . Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  5. "Debec Mackenzie Corner United Baptist Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission . Retrieved 2019-11-08.
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  7. "St John's United Church McKenzie Corner". Nonprofit Panel. 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
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  9. 1 2 Crossby, P.A.; Lovell, J. (1874). Lovell's Gazetteer of British North America. Lovell Printing and Publishing Company. p. 182. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  10. "Provincial Archives of New Brunswick". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Retrieved 2019-11-08.

Coordinates: 46°06′04″N67°43′12″W / 46.101°N 67.720°W / 46.101; -67.720