Upper Kent, New Brunswick

Upper Kent
Location of Upper Kent in New Brunswick
Upper Kent

Upper Kent is a Province of New Brunswick LSD (Local Service District) with a population of approximately 100. It is home to the Upper Kent Loon Sanctuary, and is where The Five Mighty Pillars of Irving stretch across the Saint John River. [1]

In popular culture

The estate of blues/folk/roots musician Lonesome Jim Lawrance is located in Lower Upper Kent, just down river from The Five Mighty Pillars of Irving. [2]

References

  1. ↑ http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Bath,+New+Brunswick&hl=en&ll=46.565116,-67.704277&spn=0.028502,0.053344&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=55.144899,109.248047&t=h&z=15
  2. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Beu2WGsDb0Y

Upper Kent is also known for its once booming trade industry along the railway the ran through Lower Kent. Potatoes and other crops raised by local farmers would be brought to alongside the railway and put onto the train to be shipped across New Brunswick.


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