The History of McAdam
(1871-1977)
by The McAdam Senior Citizens Historical
and Recreational Club
Used by permission.
(Page # of entries will be marked in red)
The project from the book are:
Projects not from the above book |- History Begins | Beginnings of various places within the Parish of McAdam
- Time Line of the Railway Construction leading up to the building of lines through McAdam, then Events in the History of McAdam Village
- The lumber industry |
- The railway |
- Churches in McAdam |
- Schools |
- Recreational Facilities |
- Reminisces |
- other catagories to be determined later ...
- Some Historic Photos | Thumbnail versions that can be enlarged / annotated
- McAdam Railway Station | with photos linked to comments
- Photos from the above article | all seen on one page as thumbnail versions which can be enlarged
- Cemetery Records, Photos & Obits |
- Family Stories & Histories | Will mount them if they are donated to the site. Can be very brief.
- Burpee: Former railway point, 2 mi. S of McAdam and 2 mi. NE of St. Croix:
- Cairds: Former station, 13 mi. NW of McAdam: McAdam Parish: York County.
- City Camp: See McAdam
- Cottrell: Railway point, 10 mi. W of McAdam
- Kilmaquac: Former settlement, 5 mi. SW of McAdam
- McAdam: 40 mi. SW of Fredericton: PO McAdam Junction 1870-1940 which in 1898 was a port of entry, a junction on the Canadian Pacific Railway and a village with 4 stores, 2 hotels, 1 church and a population of 550: PO St. Croix 1870-1957, 5 mi. W of village centre, which in 1898 was a siding on the Canadian Pacific Railway and a farming settlement with 1 store, 1 church and a population of 100: PO McAdam from 1940: called City Camp about 1850 for large number of lumber camps: in 1869 McAdam was a station on the St. Andrews and Quebec Railway: McAdam was incorporated as a village in 1966.
- Newcomb: Former station, 5 mi. N of McAdam: McAdam Parish, York County.
- St. Croix: See McAdam
- Skedaddle Settlement: See Musquash Settlement (McAdam Par., York Co.) (Musquash Settlement: Settlement, c1860-c1870, where Musquash Brook flows into Spednic Lake, 11 mi. W of McAdam: North Lake Parish, York County: also called Skedaddle Settlement because of US draft evaders who settled there: community was wiped out by smallpox.) Does not seem to fit as reference suggests.
- Sugar Brook: Railway point, 9 mi. W of McAdam: in 1898 Sugar Brook was a flag station on the Canadian Pacific Railway.