coles, island, brunswick, coles, island, settlement, island, brunswick, canada, island, itself, located, canaan, river, community, centred, route, route, route, intersection, extends, south, island, well, links, travellers, route, former, trans, canada, highwa. Coles Island is a settlement and an island in New Brunswick Canada The island itself is located in the Canaan River The community is centred on Route 10 Route 715 and Route 112 intersection and extends south of the island as well It links travellers on Route 10 the former Trans Canada Highway to southern communities such as Sussex New Brunswick Apohaqui Saint John and the Fundy coastline Coles Islandclass notpageimage Location of Coles Island in New Brunswick It is known locally for its richness in small game hunting and fishing areas 1 Contents 1 History 2 Notable people 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory EditSee also History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Queens County New Brunswick The community is named after David Cole a Loyalist settler in the area Its post office was established in 1858 2 By 1898 Coles Island had a post office two stores a hotel a sawmill a church and a population of 100 3 Notable people EditMain article List of people from Queens County New BrunswickSee also EditList of communities in New BrunswickReferences Edit Hunting in New Brunswick Province of New Brunswick Archived from the original on 21 February 2018 Retrieved 14 August 2021 Hamilton William 1978 The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names Toronto Macmillan p 73 ISBN 0 7715 9754 1 Provincial Archives of New Brunswick archives gnb ca Coordinates 45 55 14 N 65 47 24 W 45 920647 N 65 789952 W 45 920647 65 789952 This New Brunswick location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Coles Island New Brunswick amp oldid 1135803344, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
