Temperance Vale, New Brunswick
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Temperance Vale is a community in York County, New Brunswick
York County, New Brunswick
York County is located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county contains the provincial capital, Fredericton. Outside the city, farming and forestry are two major industries in the county, which is bisected by the Saint John River...

, Canada
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...

. A farming and logging area, it was first settled c. 1860 by children of the United Empire Loyalist families who came to Queensbury, New Brunswick
Queensbury, New Brunswick
Queensbury is a Canadian parish in York County, New Brunswick.Its population in the 2006 Census was 1,215.-Delineation:Queensbury Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as:-Population:Population trend-Language:...

 in 1784. The 2006 Canadian Census found a population of 380.

Published in 1987, Temperance Vale - The People and Times of a New Brunswick (Canada) Settlement is a history compiled and written by community members.http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Temperance-Vale.html

An late 19th Century settler was James K. Pinder
James K. Pinder
James Kellway Pinder was an English-born farmer, businessman and political figure in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada...

. The adjacent settlement of Pinder, New Brunswick
Pinder, New Brunswick
Pinder is a Canadian community in York County, New Brunswick.It is adjacent to the community of Temperance Vale and was named for sawmill owner and member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, James K. Pinder. It is located 5.71 km NNE of Nackawic....

 is named for him. He built and operated a successful lumber mill later owned by Harry A. Corey
Harry A. Corey
Harry Allen Corey was a Canadian entrepreneur and politician. Born in Pinder, New Brunswick, in 1924 he married Nelda Stairs, daughter of a prominent Southampton, New Brunswick farmer and member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Ernest W...

. Another former resident of note who was born here, is award-winning author Deborah Joy Corey
Deborah Joy Corey
Deborah Joy Corey is a Canadian writer whose first novel, Losing Eddie won the 1994 Books in Canada First Novel Award....

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