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Tower Information
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(05-2009)
This was originally a CP Railway water tank in the Village of Canterbury. The village aquired it in the 196s and converted it into a tank for the village's
water supply. This photo was taken in 1978. Photo credit: Art Clowes, Secretary CRHA (NB Division). Used with permission.
Canterbury - New Brunswick
York County. Photo © Art Clowes, Secretary CRHA

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Area Information
- Location:
Canterbury is located west of the Trans-Canada Highway at the intersection of Route 122 and Route 630.
- Early settlers of the area were Loyalists ( possibly disbanded soldiers of the King's American Regiment and their families) displaced by the end of the American Revolution (1780s)
- In the winter of 1865, Canterbury was briefly the focus of much military activity when some 9000 British troops passed through the village on their way to "The Canadas" (Ontario and Quebec). The British government had become alarmed about the possibility of an American invasion following the end of the American Civil War and sent this military contingent to reinforce the garrisons in The Canadas.


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