Beaverbrook, New Brunswick
- Beaverbrook, New Brunswick
Beaverbrook (officially Beaver Brook Station) is a community (unincorporated area) in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Beaverbrook lies approximately 15 km north of Miramichi. [Geographical Names of Canada http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php]
Max Aitken grew up in the nearby community of Newcastle, New Brunswick. In accepting his peerage, Max Aitken chose the name Lord Beaverbrook in reference to this community (after initially considering the harder to pronounce "Lord Miramichi"). [St John NB & The Magnificent Irvings + Art heist at Beaverbrook Gallery http://annamation.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/st-john-nb-the-magnificent-irvings-art-heist-at-beaverbrook-gallery/] [Rayburn, A. 2001. Naming Canada: Stories about Canadian Place Names. University of Toronto Press.] [Rayburn, A. 1975. Geographical Names of New Brunswick. Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, Ottawa.]
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