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Queens County, New Brunswick

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Country
  
Canada

Shire town
  
Gagetown

Area
  
3,682 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 6:09 AM

Area code
  
506

Established
  
1785

Time zone
  
AST (UTC-4)

Population
  
11,086 (2011)

Province
  
New Brunswick

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Weather
  
-8°C, Wind N at 5 km/h, 86% Humidity


Queens County (2011 population 11,086) is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. The county shire town is the village of Gagetown.

Contents

Map of Queens County, NB, Canada

Geography

The county's geography is dominated by the Saint John River and Grand Lake. Coal mining is a major industry in the Minto area. Forestry and mixed farming dominate the rest of the county. The CFB Gagetown military training area takes in a large portion of the western part of the county.

Communities

There are four municipalities within Queens County (listed by 2011 population):

  • Part of Minto lies within Sunbury County, but since most of it is in Queens County, Statistics Canada considers it as part of Queens.

    • Parishes

    The county is subdivided into ten parishes (listed by 2011 population):

    Major Highways

  • Route 2 (TCH)
  • Route 7
  • Route 10
  • Route 101
  • Route 102
  • Route 105
  • Route 112
  • Route 116
  • Route 123
  • Route 690
  • Route 695
  • Route 705
  • Route 710
  • Route 715

    • References

    Queens County, New Brunswick Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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