Kingsclear, New Brunswick

This article is about the unincorporated area. For the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision, see Kingsclear Parish, New Brunswick.

Kingsclear is an unincorporated rural area 20 km west of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

The area includes forests, Saint John River shoreline, agricultural land, small businesses, rural residences, and the Mactaquac Dam.[1] Access is via the Trans-Canada Highway, and NB Routes 102, and 3.

Local governance was provided by the Kingsclear Local Service District (KLSD).[1] The KSLD did not govern the Maliseet Indian Reserve Kingsclear 6,[2] which forms an enclave.[3]

About 2,800 people live within the area of the KLSD.[4] Named areas include French Village, Island View, Longs Creek, Lower Kingsclear, Ludford Subdivision, Mazerolle Settlement, Newmarket, Oswald Gray Subdivision, Smithfield, and Upper Kingsclear.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "KLSD Home". www.kingsclear.org. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Kingsclear First Nation". www.kingsclear.ca. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Place names - Kingsclear 6". Natural Resources Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Kingsclear, Parish". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2021.