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41 Front Street
Gagetown, New Brunswick
E5M 1A1

New Brunswick Tourism Region : St. John River Valley

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First called Grimross but in 1765 named for Gen. Thomas Gage (1721-1787) to whom a large tract of land here had been granted.
Following service in the Seven Years War (1756-1763), Gage became military governor of Montreal. On the outbreak of the American Revolution he was appointed governor of Massachusetts.
On the outbreak of the American Revolution he was appointed governor of Massachusetts. In 1767 he sold his 20,000 acre land grant to Stephen Kemble for 10 pounds and for a time thereafter the place was known as Kemble Manor.
Sir Leonard Tilley (1818-1896), one of New Brunswick's Fathers of Confederation, was born here.
The Queens County Historical Society and Museum Inc. is in the restored county courthouse at 16 Court House Road. The province operates a free ferry across the St. John R. between Gagetown on Route 102 and Lower Jemseg off Route 715.
Sir Leonard Tilley (1818-1896), one of New Brunswick's Fathers of Confederation, was born in Gagetown and his restored family home at 69 Front St. is now a National and Provincial Historic Site.
Tilley was twice premier of the province and attended the Confederation conferences at Charlottetown, Quebec and London. He was very religious and brought a verse from the 72nd psalm to the conferences: 'He shall have dominion also from sea to sea.'
.' In 1855 Tilley introduced a bill to make possession or use of liquor a criminal offence. His bill passed but proved unenforceable and was quickly repealed.
With permission from 'New Brunswick Place Names' David E. Scott 2009

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Nearby:	Sir Leonard Tilley House, 2km Scovil, 2km Lower Gagetown, 4km Fentons, 4km Mount Ararat Wildlife Management Area, 4km Mill Road, 4km Elm Hill, 7km Lower Jemseg, 5km Pleasant Villa, 8km Coytown, 8km Jemseg, 8km McAlpines, 8km Queenstown, 10km Lower Cambridge, 8km Upper Gagetown, 10km Scotchtown, 14km MacDonalds Point, 11km	Hersey Corner / Tantawanta Stream, 11km Cherry Hill, 10km Central Hampstead, 14km Central Cambridge, 11km Whites Cove, 13km Carpenter, 13km Cambridge, 12km Swan Creek, 14km McDonald Corner, 12km Douglas Harbour, 17km Crafts Cove, 13km Lakeville Corner, 17km Maquapit Lake, 19km Belyeas Cove, 14km Canning, 19km London Settlement, 16km Clarks Corners, 20km	Randall Corner, 18km McGowans Corner, 17km Babbitt, 16km Shannon, 16km Mill Cove, 17km Quarries, 21km Princess Park, 21km Burpees Corner, 18km Cambridge-Narrows, 16km Hampstead, 23km Gagetown Range and Training Area, 19km Beulah, 21km Portobello Creek National Wildlife Area, 21km Evandale, 22km Ripples, 25km Henderson Settlement, 19km

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