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Wakefield Pioneer Cemetery, Lower Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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Photo courtesy David Thompson ©2024







Lower Wakefield is located 2.25 km SW of Wakefield, on the road to Upper Woodstock, in Wakefield Parish, Carleton County. It was formerly called Silverdale, renamed Lower Wakefield when the post office was created in 1859 (operated until 1913). In 1866 Lower Wakefield was a farming settlement with approximately 70 resident families, including 18 Shaw families. In 1871 it had a population of 200. In 1898 Lower Wakefield had 1 post office, 1 church and a population of 100.

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