Havelock, New Brunswick
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Havelock, New Brunswick is a Canadian
rural community in Kings County
, New Brunswick
.
Havelock was named after Sir Henry Havelock and was previously known as Butternut Ridge.
Havelock is at the junction of Route 885 and Route 880. There is a small public airport
nearby.
The community is situated on a large lime
deposit and its extraction has driven the local economy, beginning with a Lafarge
cement plant constructed in the 1960s and current mothballed since the early 1990s. Graymont operates a lime quarry and kiln
to supply eastern Canada and New England
with 300 tonnes per day.
Havelock was the birthplace of famous creationist George McCready Price
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
rural community in Kings County
Kings County, New Brunswick
Kings County is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada.Both the Saint John and Kennebecasis rivers pass through the county.Dairy farming is an important industry in the area...
, New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
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Havelock was named after Sir Henry Havelock and was previously known as Butternut Ridge.
Havelock is at the junction of Route 885 and Route 880. There is a small public airport
Havelock Airport
Havelock Airport , is adjacent to the community of Havelock, New Brunswick, Canada....
nearby.
The community is situated on a large lime
Lime (mineral)
Lime is a general term for calcium-containing inorganic materials, in which carbonates, oxides and hydroxides predominate. Strictly speaking, lime is calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide. It is also the name for a single mineral of the CaO composition, occurring very rarely...
deposit and its extraction has driven the local economy, beginning with a Lafarge
Lafarge
Lafarge is a French industrial company specialising in four major products: cement, construction aggregates, concrete and gypsum wallboard. In 2010 the company was the world's second-largest cement manufacturer by mass shipped behind Holcim.-History:...
cement plant constructed in the 1960s and current mothballed since the early 1990s. Graymont operates a lime quarry and kiln
Kiln
A kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, or oven, in which a controlled temperature regime is produced. Uses include the hardening, burning or drying of materials...
to supply eastern Canada and New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
with 300 tonnes per day.
Havelock was the birthplace of famous creationist George McCready Price
George McCready Price
George McCready Price was a Canadian creationist. He produced several anti-evolution and creationist works, particularly on the subject of flood geology...
.