Rothesay (2006 pop.: 11,600) is a Canadian town located in Kings County, New Brunswick. It is a bedroom community of Saint John along the Kennebecasis River.
Located along the lower Kennebecasis River valley, Rothesay borders the city of Saint John to the southwest, and the neighbouring town of Quispamsis to the northeast. It is served by a secondary mainline of the Canadian National Railway, though there is no longer any passenger service on the...
more
Rothesay (2006 pop.: 11,600) is a Canadian town located in Kings County, New Brunswick. It is a bedroom community of Saint John along the Kennebecasis River.
Located along the lower Kennebecasis River valley, Rothesay borders the city of Saint John to the southwest, and the neighbouring town of Quispamsis to the northeast. It is served by a secondary mainline of the Canadian National Railway, though there is no longer any passenger service on the line.
Regarded as an upper class community, Rothesay, on a per capita basis, is one of the wealthiest communities in Canada owing largely to the fact that it is home to several wealthy families who have resided in the community for a number of years.
The town developed first as a shipbuilding centre and later as a summer home community for Saint John's wealthy elite with the arrival of the European and North American Railway in 1853. The new town was named in honour of the visiting Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, in 1860 because the...
less
