Gondola Point is a former Canadian village and current neighborhood of the town of
Quispamsis
Quispamsis (, sometimes shortened to Quispam ) is a suburban town located in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. Located within Saint John's metropolitan area, it borders the town of Rothesay to form the Kennebecasis Valley and is locat ...
located in
Kings County Kings County or King's County may refer to:
Places Canada
*Kings County, New Brunswick
*Kings County, Nova Scotia
* Kings County, Prince Edward Island
** King's County (electoral district), abolished in 1892
Ireland
* County Offaly, formerly call ...
,
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to ...
. It was amalgamated with the town of
Quispamsis
Quispamsis (, sometimes shortened to Quispam ) is a suburban town located in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. Located within Saint John's metropolitan area, it borders the town of Rothesay to form the Kennebecasis Valley and is locat ...
in 1998.
It is the location site of the
Gondola Point Ferry, a
cable ferry
A cable ferry (including the types chain ferry, swing ferry, floating bridge, or punt) is a ferry that is guided (and in many cases propelled) across a river or large body of water by cables connected to both shores. Early cable ferries often ...
crossing that connects the
Gondola Point Arterial to
Route 845 at Reed's Point on the
Kingston Peninsula
The Kingston Peninsula is a peninsula in southern New Brunswick, Canada, located between the Saint John River and the Kennebecasis River in Kings County.
The peninsula was the site of the first United Empire Loyalist settlement in New Brunsw ...
.
It is also the location site of the St. Luke's Anglican Church. Built in 1833, the church is a
National Historic Site of Canada
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and was registered in 2009.
History
Between May 31 - June 1, 1937, the former Gondola Point schoolhouse was destroyed by a fire, which started around 11 p.m. on the night of May 31. At the time of the fire, the schoolhouse had been unused for multiple years. The origin of the fire was unknown.
On January 1, 1998, the village of Gondola Point, the town of
Quispamsis
Quispamsis (, sometimes shortened to Quispam ) is a suburban town located in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. Located within Saint John's metropolitan area, it borders the town of Rothesay to form the Kennebecasis Valley and is locat ...
, as well as a portion of the community of
Wells merged to form an expanded version of Quispamsis. The former mayor of Gondola Point at the time, Leslie Hamilton-Brown, was named the mayor of the expanded town of Quispamsis.
Notable people
See also
*
List of Neighbourhoods in New Brunswick
The Canadian province of New Brunswick's municipalities cover only 20% of its landmass, but 80% of its population. Many of those 101 municipalities have been created from amalgamations of several former municipalities, or by annexing unincorporat ...
References
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Kennebecasis
Neighbourhoods in New Brunswick
Populated places disestablished in 1998
Former villages in New Brunswick
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