Upper Kent, New Brunswick
Encyclopedia
Upper Kent is a settlement in Carleton County
in the Canadian province of New Brunswick
. Upper Kent is home to the Upper Kent Loon Sanctuary, and where The Five Mighty Pillars of Irving stretch across the Saint John River.
The actual Upper Kent Post Office itself is the setting of "The Day a Bicycle Fell Down In Upper Kent" incident, of which a full account has been transmitted orally by residents since the mid 1950s.
The estate of blues singer Lonesome Jim is located in Lower Upper Kent. It has been toured exclusively on a number of programs.
Carleton County, New Brunswick
Carleton County is located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada.The county is located in western New Brunswick, it borders on the west, the State of Maine; on the south, York County; on the north, Victoria County and is bisected by the Saint John River. Potato farming is a major industry...
in the Canadian province of 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...
. Upper Kent is home to the Upper Kent Loon Sanctuary, and where The Five Mighty Pillars of Irving stretch across the Saint John River.
In Popular Culture
Upper Kent is the setting of the final scenes in popular fiction writer Barston Snagg's post-apocalyptic short story "The Mail Always Goes Through."The actual Upper Kent Post Office itself is the setting of "The Day a Bicycle Fell Down In Upper Kent" incident, of which a full account has been transmitted orally by residents since the mid 1950s.
The estate of blues singer Lonesome Jim is located in Lower Upper Kent. It has been toured exclusively on a number of programs.