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New Brunswick Tourism Region : Mirimichi River Valley
Description From Owner:
- The community is named after early innkeeper Capt. John Astle.
- First reference to the place was made by Lt.-Col. Joseph Gubbinson during a tour of New Brunswick militia units, 1811-13: 'I halted at an inn kept by Captain John Astle.
- The whole house consisted of one large room but he partitioned off a corner of it with a curtain for my accommodation. Militia titles do not convey great ideas of rank or respectability in this quarter of the world.'
- From 1885-1940 the community was called Averys Portage after first postmaster Alfred B. Avery, but by 1940 the name reverted to Astle.
- With permission from 'New Brunswick Place Names' David E. Scott 2009
Address of this page: http://nb.ruralroutes.com/Astle