Taxis River, New Brunswick

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Taxis River is a settlement in New Brunswick on Route 625 on the Taxis River. Taxis River is part of the Rural Community of Upper Miramichi, New Brunswick.

New Brunswick province in Canada

New Brunswick is one of four Atlantic provinces on the east coast of Canada. According to the Constitution of Canada, New Brunswick is the only bilingual province. About two thirds of the population declare themselves anglophones and a third francophones. One third of the overall population describe themselves as bilingual. Atypically for Canada, only about half of the population lives in urban areas, mostly in Greater Moncton, Greater Saint John and the capital Fredericton.

Route 625 is a 31.2-kilometre (19.4 mi) long mostly north-south secondary highway in the eastern portion of New Brunswick, Canada.

Upper Miramichi, New Brunswick human settlement in Canada

Upper Miramichi is a Canadian rural community in Northumberland and York Counties, New Brunswick.

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History

The community of Taxis River is wholly in York County, New Brunswick. The following Information was gleaned from a newspaper called, Taxis River Gazette, that was published by the Taxis River School with the funds raised to go to The Red Cross to aid the war effort. This issue was #3 dated March 20, 1946 Taxis River The name of Taxis River was derived from the name Tex. Speare Tex was an Indian who had his encampment on the shore of the river which was later called Taxis River. The name Tex was usually pronounced Tax. One of the oldest residents of our community, Mr. Herbert Hinchey, has seen the remnants of the old fireplace and parts of the dwelling in which Speare Tex lived. These were located on the lower end of the intervale now owned by Mr. Allister MacMillan. The hunting grounds of Speare Tex included both sides of the Taxis River in this area. At that time the intervales were covered by trees.

York County, New Brunswick County in New Brunswick, Canada

York County is located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county contains the provincial capital, Fredericton. Outside the city, farming and forestry are two major industries in the county, which is bisected by the Saint John River. The Southwest Miramichi River flows through the northern section of the county.

This is my assumption only but I believe the original spelling was Tex's River, pronounced Tax's River, and the apostrophe later slipped down to form an "i" and became Taxis River.

I obtained these copies of the newspapers from my Aunt Noreen Addie (Munn) Nason who assisted in making up these papers in 1946. Copies have been deposited in the New Brunswick Archives.

Notable people

One of the first settlers in Taxis River was Edward (Ned) Conroy. Ned married Annie Applin Curtis, from Blackville, Northumberland County, New Brunswick. Two of their daughters, Emma (Conroy) Bruce and Lila Mae (Conroy) Munn, married and stayed in the community and populated most of the inhabitants. Emma married Burton Bruce and had 10 children, 5 Boys and 5 Girls, Lila married Raymond C. Munn and had 11 children, 3 boys and 8 girls.

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