McAdam Parish



McAdam Parish was set up from Prince William, Dumfries and Manners Sutton Parishes in 1894: named for John McAdam (1807-1893), Member of the House of Assembly and local lumberman. There seems to have been few settlements within the Parish. The villages of McAdam and St. Croix are the only concentrated areas. The rest are merely farm communities, or houses stretched along the highway. The areas listed in the book, COMMUNITY PLACE NAMES IN NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA, compiled by Robert F. Fellows are:

Burpee: Former railway point, 2 mi. S of McAdam and 2 mi. NE of St. Croix:

Cairds: Former station, 13 mi. NW of McAdam: McAdam Parish: York County.

City Camp: See McAdam

Cottrell: Railway point, 10 mi. W of McAdam

Kilmaquac: Former settlement, 5 mi. SW of McAdam

McAdam: 40 mi. SW of Fredericton: PO McAdam Junction 1870-1940 which in 1898 was a port of entry, a junction on the Canadian Pacific Railway and a village with 4 stores, 2 hotels, 1 church and a population of 550: PO St. Croix 1870-1957, 5 mi. W of village centre, which in 1898 was a siding on the Canadian Pacific Railway and a farming settlement with 1 store, 1 church and a population of 100: PO McAdam from 1940: called City Camp about 1850 for large number of lumber camps: in 1869 McAdam was a station on the St. Andrews and Quebec Railway: McAdam was incorporated as a village in 1966.

Newcomb: Former station, 5 mi. N of McAdam: McAdam Parish, York County.

St. Croix: See McAdam

Skedaddle Settlement: See Musquash Settlement (McAdam Par., York Co.) (Musquash Settlement: Settlement, c1860-c1870, where Musquash Brook flows into Spednic Lake, 11 mi. W of McAdam: North Lake Parish, York County: also called Skedaddle Settlement because of US draft evaders who settled there: community was wiped out by smallpox.)

Sugar Brook: Railway point, 9 mi. W of McAdam: in 1898 Sugar Brook was a flag station on the Canadian Pacific Railway.

 

Unfortunately this volume is out of print, and will not be reprinted. Permission has been given by officers of the Senior's organization to reprint the data here, online.

       Projects not from the above book |

• Some Historic Photos | Thumbnail versions that can be enlarged / annotated
• McAdam Railway Station | with photos linked to comments
• Photos from the above article | all seen on one page as thumbnail versions which can be enlarged
• Industrial New Brunswick | a newspaper article by Ian Sclanders - about the The McAdam Shops ca 1948-49
• Cemetery Records, Photos & Obits |
• Family Stories & Histories | Will mount them if they are donated to the site. Can be very brief.
• McAdam War Memorial | In front of the Royal Canadian Legion Building, Lake Ave.
• Monographs on N.B.  | #1-7 1895-1906  971.5 G198M, by Ganong - McAdam Parish
• Scenes from McAdam |
• Scenes from St. Croix | River & Beach
• Schools | combined with old photos from the above book
• Transfer of Station to McAdam by the Irving Family and Dedication of Seatiers Irving Trail 1996

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