The Florenceville Bridge across the Saint John River is partly-covered.

The village of Florenceville is located on the banks of the St. John River, in Carleton County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... The Florenceville Bridge is a combination truss-Howe truss bridge crossing the Saint John River at Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. ... The Saint John River is a river, approximately 418 mi (673 km) long, located in the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick. ... Carleton County redirects here, For the historical county in Ontario, see Carleton County, Ontario Carleton County (2001 population 27,184) is located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada. ... This article is about the Canadian province. ...

Florenceville was originally known as Buttermilk Creek. In 1855 it was renamed Florenceville to honour Florence Nightingale, the famous Crimean War nurse. Florenceville was on the west side of the St. John River and there the first post office and commercial section of the village was situated. In later years East Florenceville became the commercial centre with three grocery stores and several other small businesses. Embley Park, now a school, was the family home of Florence Nightingale. ... Combatants Allies: Second French Empire British Empire Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Sardinia Russian Empire Bulgarian volunteers Casualties 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 17,500 British 2,194 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of disease ~134,000 killed, wounded and died of disease The Crimean War (1853–1856) was fought...

Both villages had schools offering grades 1 through 12 until 1956 when the Florenceville Regional High School was opened accommodating grades 7 through 12. The original schools became the elementary schools. Eventually these were replaced by on elementary school on the east side of the river. The Regional High School became a middle school when Carleton North High School was built in Bristol, NB. It was later decided that starting in the year 2000 the middle school students would not begin high school until grade 9. The village of Bristol is located on the Saint John River, in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada, approximately 5 kilometres north of Florenceville. ...

The village has a population of 860 people and is the world headquarters for McCain Foods Limited, the largest producer of french fries in the world. McCain Foods Limited, a privately owned company established in 1957 by the McCain brothers in Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada, is the worlds largest producer of french fries and other oven-ready frozen foods. ... French fried potatoes, commonly known as French fries or fries (North America) or chips (United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Commonwealth) are pieces of potato that have been chopped into batons and deep fried. ...

It also boasts a free public art gallery. The Andrew and Laura McCain Gallery is a non-profit, community supported gallery that shows about nine exhibitions a year of everything from exhibitions on loan from the National Gallery of Canada to the work of local school children. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ... National Gallery of Canada on Canada Day. ...

To celebrate its rich heritage, Florenceville has an annual Buttermilk Creek Fall Festival, which takes place on September 14th and 15th in 2007.

Florenceville has a potato museum.

External links

• Village of Florenceville
• New Brunswick Covered Bridges
• Information on Florenceville and Carleton County
• McCain Foods Ltd.
• Carleton North High School
• Falls Brook Centre