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Avondale is a community in theCanadian province ofNew Brunswick. With a population of about 100, is located off theTrans-Canada Highway (N.B.Route 2) about 15 km fromHartland, famous for its verylong covered bridge. Avondale is about an hour's drive west fromFredericton N.B. and 30 minutes from the start ofInterstate 95 inHoulton, Maine.[1]
Samuel Gilbert Barter (1871-1963) was a lifelong resident of Avondale (initially called Barter Settlement) and, in 1919, wrote about its progress from the 1840s to the early part of the 20th century. A condensed version of this history, blogged asA turn-of-the-last-century boomtown, links to the original work which includes numerous other records and photographs.
A turn-of-the-last-century boomtown
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