Knowlesville, New Brunswick
Knowlesville is a small community in Carleton County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Knowlesville is in Aberdeen Parish, with a population in the 2011 Census of 981. It is located approximately 20 km east of Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick, along the Knowlesville Road. Mount Frederic Clark in Knowlesville has an elevation of 531 meters or 1742 feet. History Knowlesville is close to Skedaddle Ridge, where a number of Skedaddlers, draft evaders from the American Civil War lived during the 1860s. It was named for Rev. Charles Knowles, a Free Will Baptist minister from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, who persuaded some local fishermen to take up farming in the area in 1861. Notable people Earle Avery - Canadian & U.S. Hall of Fame harness racing driver/trainer. See also List of communities in New Brunswick References Readings Corey, Judson M. The Story of Knowlesville: The Community and Its People., J. M. Corey, 1985. Corey, Judson M. Knowlesville II: the Corey story. Saint John: Inspiration Graphics, 2003. The South Knowlesville Community Land Trust Communities in Carleton County, New Brunswick