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16-575: Kennebecasis often refers to the Kennebecasis River and surrounding Kennebecasis Valley in New Brunswick , Canada. It can also mean: New Brunswick, Canada [ edit ] Kennebecasis Island , an island in the Kennebecasis River. Kennebecasis Valley High School Kennebecasis (electoral district) , a riding that elects members to

32-495: A highway bridge over the Kennebecasis River to the Kingston Peninsula however this has been rejected by numerous provincial governments citing financial pressures as well as the likelihood of suburban sprawl occurring in this farming area as a result. The Kennebecasis River valley communities have rich histories; many were settled by Loyalists in the 1780s and 1790s who traveled upriver from Saint John to land grants offered by

48-509: A result of its connection with the navigable portions of the Saint John River. Grand Bay (New Brunswick) The Grand Bay is a body of water at the confluence of the Wolastoq and Kennebecasis rivers in southern New Brunswick , Canada. The bay is approximately 19.7 km and spans across the boundary between Saint John and Kings counties. The Grand Bay's northern terminus

64-507: Is explicit that they did not venture any further up the river. W. F. Ganong's work on place names in New Brunswick does not list the Grand Bay as one of the names given by Champlain either, suggesting that it was given by later Acadian settlers sometime over the next one hundred and fifty years. The Wolastoqiyik referred to the Grand Bay as Pekweetaypaykek or Pehqitkopekek . However, it

80-722: Is generally accepted to be Brandy Point on the western bank of the Wolastoq and Lands End on the Kingston Peninsula . To the south, the Grand Bay extends to Boars Head in Saint John 's west side where the river splits into the South Bay and the Pokiok Narrows. From Boars Head to Lands End, the Grand Bay extents 2.4 miles northwest and averages over 0.9 mile in width. Its eastern extremity is the head of Kennebecasis Island , beyond which are

96-487: Is in the foothills of Albert County , near the rural community of Goshen . It runs southwest through the community of Penobsquis ; several tributaries join the river in the town of Sussex several kilometres further west. Between Sussex and the river's junction with the Saint John River at Millidgeville (part of Saint John ), the Kennebecasis River runs through a well-defined river valley which has become one of

112-550: The British government. They became more prominent during the late 1800s following construction of the European and North American Railway through the area, which allowed for easier travel between Saint John and Moncton. Over the ensuing decades, the lower Kennebecasis River valley became a summer vacation destination for wealthy Maritimers, Americans and central Canadians. It is also a popular cruising destination for recreational boating as

128-580: The Kennebecasis Bay and Milkish Channel. At times, the water is quite rough for the passage of small craft. It is often claimed that the Grand Bay was named by Samuel de Champlain in 1604, but this story is likely apocryphal . Champlain does not mention this visit in his journals. While Champlain describes crossing the Revering Falls and entering a wider section of the river with three islands – likely Crow Island, Middle Island, and Goat Island – he

144-520: The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Kennebecasis Regional Police Force , a police branch serving the Kennebecasis region. Other [ edit ] Kanabicases Adventurers Society , also known as R.K.A.S., a guild of privateers formed during the late Eighteenth century Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

160-551: The Saint John River. The lower Kennebecasis River valley is largely a suburban/exurban region for Saint John . The area is outside the summer ' fog belt' for the Bay of Fundy and enjoys more sunshine year-round than Saint John. It is also substantially colder in winter than the Bay of Fundy-climate-controlled city proper. "The Valley" or "KV", as the lower Kennebecasis River valley is called by locals, has experienced dramatic population growth over

176-511: The communities of Valley Waters and Hampton , before it empties into a delta -like area informally called the Hampton Marsh. West of Hampton, the Kennebecasis flows in a broad fjord -like glacial valley which defines the southern side of the Kingston Peninsula. At its junction with the Saint John River, the Kennebecasis River helps to form Grand Bay . Several large islands can be found in

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192-465: The past several decades, largely owing to the development of Route 1 through the area in the 1960s. Once a minor dormitory suburb of the Saint John area, the towns of Rothesay and Quispamsis constitute a moderately-sized population centre with some commercial development. Saint John, by contrast, has suffered from an erosion of its tax and commercial bases as population and businesses have migrated away from

208-608: The primary land transportation routes in the southern part of the province, hosting the Route 1 expressway and the Canadian National Railway line to the Port of Saint John . The upper two thirds of the Kennebecasis River passes through pastoral rural countryside consisting of Acadian mixed forest and various agricultural areas, notably dairy farms around Sussex. Southwest of Sussex, the river becomes increasingly larger as it passes

224-402: The river, such as Kennebecasis Island just off-shore from Summerville on the Kingston Peninsula, and uninhabited (with the exception of a few summer cottages & an Off The Grid Community on the southern part of the island) Long Island , located near Rothesay . The communities of Nauwigewauk , Quispamsis and Rothesay become increasingly urban as the river approaches its junction with

240-500: The title Kennebecasis . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kennebecasis&oldid=1189111837 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Kennebecasis Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kennebecasis River The river's source

256-659: The urban core. The Kennebecasis effectively isolates the Kingston Peninsula from suburban sprawl. It is crossed by two ferry services, the Gondola Point Ferry that connects Gondola Point to Reeds Point, and the Summerville to Millidgeville Ferry that connects Millidgeville to Summerville. A third ferry service, the Kennebecasis Island Ferry connects Summerville to Kennebecasis Island . Several controversial proposals have been made in recent decades to build

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