Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick

Pennfield Ridge
Unincorporated community
Pennfield Ridge Location within New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°07′12″N66°41′30″W / 45.12000°N 66.69167°W / 45.12000; -66.69167
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Charlotte
Parish	Pennfield
Electoral Districts Federal	New Brunswick Southwest
Provincial	Charlotte-The Isles
Government
• Type	Local service district
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code(s)	E5H
Area code	506
Highways	Route 175

Pennfield Ridge is a Canadian unincorporated community in Charlotte County, New Brunswick. ^[1]

History

See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Charlotte County, New Brunswick

• Pennfield Ridge's parish was founded by the Quakers in 1786 and named for William Penn (1644-1718), founder of Pennsylvania. ^[2]
• Pennfield Ridge was the location of RCAF/RAF Station Pennfield Ridge.

Communities

The following locations reside within the community boundaries:

• Pennfield Station ( 45°07′33″N66°39′36″W / 45.12583°N 66.66000°W / 45.12583; -66.66000 (Pennfield Station, Pennfield Ridge, NB) ) – located in the eastern part of Pennfield Ridge

Transport

Up until October 2012, Route 1 ran through this community. It has been changed to Route 795 with the Route 1 Gateway Project. ^[3]

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Charlotte County, New Brunswick

See also

• List of communities in New Brunswick

References

1. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Pennfield Ridge
2. Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 82. ISBN   0-7715-9754-1.
3. Route 1 Gateway Project, Government of New Brunswick.