Place:Coldstream, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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NameColdstream
Alt namesRocklandsource: former name of settlement
East Coldstreamsource: nearby settlement
TypeCommunity
Coordinates46.35°N 67.467°W
Located inCarleton, New Brunswick, Canada
See alsoBrighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canadaparish of which it was part
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Coldstream is a rural community in the parish of Brighton in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is located 6.4 km west of Carlisle, on the road to Hartland. It is next to the Becaguimec Stream.

It was settled about 1826. It was first called Rockland and was renamed Coldstream when the post office was created in 1852. In 1866 Coldstream was a farming settlement with about 90 families. In 1871 the community and surrounding district had a population of 400. In 1898 Coldstream was a village with 1 post office, 3 stores, 1 sawmill, 1 hotel, 2 churches and a population of 250. The post office was closed in 1969. As of the 2011 census, 150 people lived here, a gain from the 2006 census when it was 128.

East Coldstream is in Peel parish more to the north than the east.

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