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New Brunswick Tourism Region : Fundy Shore
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- The place was first known as Pleasant Valley, then Sussex Island and Sussex Vale. The Sussex was to honour Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1842), sixth son of King George Ill and Queen Charlotte.
- The first settlers were from New England, augmented after 1783 by Loyalists. The parish was established in 1786 and the town was incorporated in 1904. Birthplace of William 'Slippery Bill' Pugsley (1850-1925), premier for three months during 1907.
- Sussex-born William Pugsley (1850-1925), was premier for three months during 1907. His patronage disbursements earned him the nickname 'Slippery Bill' and opposition Conservatives branded him 'the evil genius of New Brunswick politics.
- He committed the government to financing so many railroads of dubious merit that an historian observed: 'his opponents said if somebody wanted to build a railway to the moon, Pugsley would guarantee the bonds.'
- Also birth-place of Brenda Mary Robertson, first woman elected to the New Brunswick legislature in 1967 and first woman cabinet minister.
- New Brunswick women gained the right to hold provincial office in 1934, but it was not until 1967 that Sussex-born Brenda Mary Robertson of Riverview became the first woman elected to the New Brunswick legislature.
- Three years later she became Minister of Youth. In 1984 she became New Brunswick's third female appointment to the Senate.
- Sussex calls itself the 'Covered Bridge Capital of Atlantic Canada' because there are eight 'kissing bridges' within 10 minutes of the town hall.
- The town holds the Kings County Covered Bridge Festival each July. Kennebe-casis River No. 7.5 (Salmon) covered bridge, built in 1908 is off Route 890.
- Kennebecasis River No. 9 (Plumweseep) covered bridge, built in 1911, is off Route 114 on Plumweseep Road.
- Smith Creek No. 1 (Tranton) covered bridge, built in 1927, is off Route 890 on Roachville Road.
- Sussex also calls itself 'Dairy Centre of the Maritimes' and in 1986 commemorated that status with the construction of a four metre-high (13 feet) cement cow nicknamed Daisy.
- In 1987 a calf joined Daisy.
- The Regimental Museum of 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) at 66 Broad St., Unit 3, displays artifacts and memorabilia of Canada's oldest armoured cavalry regiment.
- The Sussex Museum, Tea Room and Art Gallery at 12 Maple St. has displays of Sussex's history of producing quality foods and dairy products.
- The Agricultural Museum of New Bruns-wick Inc. at 28 Perry St. chronicles the province's agricultural history and includes a railway station and caboose. Sussex Nature Walkway is a 4-km walking trail along Trout Creek.
- With permission from 'New Brunswick Place Names' David E. Scott 2009
Address of this page: http://nb.ruralroutes.com/Sussex