Victoria Corner, New Brunswick

Village in New Brunswick, Canada
46°16′00″N 67°31′00″W / 46.266667°N 67.516667°W / 46.266667; -67.516667CountryCanadaProvinces of CanadaNew BrunswickCountyCarleton CountyParishWakefield ParishFoundedc. 1806 (as Bowyers Corner)Government
 • TypeTown CouncilPopulation
 (1901)
From Statistics Canada
 • Total160Time zoneUTC-4 (AST) • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)Canadian Postal code
E7P
Area code506

Victoria Corner, New Brunswick is a community in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada located on the west side of the Saint John River, 3.71 km north of Wakefield, 10 miles from Woodstock,[1] on the road to Somerville.

History

It was formerly called Bowyers Corner for Charles Bowyer, who was an early settler.

Victoria Corner has been home to the New Brunswick Bible Institute, since 1944.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ Angelo Heilprin, Louis Heilprin, ed. (1990) [1906]. Geographical Dictionary of the World. Vol. 2 : M to Z (reprint ed.). Concept Publishing Company. p. 1926. ISBN 978-81-7268-012-1.
  • Public Archives of New Brunswick, Place Names of New Brunswick
  • Etta Haywood-Faulkner (2001) [Aug. 1994]. A History of Victoria Corner - Then and Now. OCLC 47161039.

46°16′N 67°31′W / 46.267°N 67.517°W / 46.267; -67.517


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