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Knowlesville is a small community in Carleton County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Knowlesville is in Aberdeen Parish, with a population in the 2011 Census of 981. It is located approximately 20 km east of Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick, along the Knowlesville Road.

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Map of Knowlesville, NB, Canada

Mount Frederic Clark in Knowlesville has an elevation of 531 meters or 1742 feet.

History

Knowlesville is close to Skedaddle Ridge, where a number of Skedaddlers, draft evaders from the American Civil War lived during the 1860s.

It was named for Rev. Charles Knowles, a Free Will Baptist minister from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, who persuaded some local fishermen to take up farming in the area in 1861.

Notable people

  • Earle Avery - Canadian & U.S. Hall of Fame harness racing driver/trainer.

    • Readings

  • Corey, Judson M. The Story of Knowlesville: The Community and Its People., J. M. Corey, 1985. ISBN 0969217609
  • Corey, Judson M. Knowlesville II: the Corey story. Saint John: Inspiration Graphics, 2003.
  • [1] The South Knowlesville Community Land Trust

    • References

    Knowlesville, New Brunswick Wikipedia
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