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Browns Yard, New Brunswick

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Browns Yard is a community in Weldford Parish, New Brunswick located 4.5 km NE of Fords Mills close to the intersection of Route 490 and Route 510.

The church is St. Paul's Anglican and features an old cemetery where some of the earliest settlers of Weldford Parish were buried. The church continues to be the center of family life with activities for children, youth and many family events hosted at their church hall.

History

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

Browns Yard was once called Upper Main River, and had a post office from 1909 to 1956. There is a church near the shore and this was the site of shipbuilding operations with 7 ships claimed to have been constructed at Browns Yard.

Notable people

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

See also

References

  1. "Provincial Archives of New Brunswick". archives.gnb.ca. Retrieved 2024-06-05.

46°31′15″N 65°04′22″W / 46.520898°N 65.072837°W / 46.520898; -65.072837 (Browns Yard, New Brunswick)

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