Rexton is a village of about 800 people (per the 2001 census) on the Richibucto River in Kent County, eastern New Brunswick. The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ... Kent County (2001 population 31,383) is located in east-central New Brunswick, Canada. ... Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope was restored) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Lieutenant Governor Herménégilde Chiasson Premier Bernard Lord (PC) Area 72,908 km² (8th)  - Land 71,450 km²  - Water 1,458 km² (2. ...

The region was originally inhabited by Mi'kmaqs, many of whose descendents still reside in the nearby Elsipogtog First Nation (Big Cove). Acadian settlers had also colonized the general area in the 1700s. The Mikmaq (also Míkmaq, Micmac, Migmaw; in Quebec, Migmaq) are a Canadian First Nations people indigenous to northeastern New England, Canadas Maritimes, and the Gaspé Peninsula of the province of Quebec. ... Elsipogtog (ell-zi-BOOK-took), formerly called Big Cove, is a Mikmaq community in New Brunswick, Canada. ... Acadians are the original French settlers of parts of the northeastern region of North America comprising what is now the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. ...

The first English-speaking settlers arrived about 1790, and considerable colonization by Scottish, Irish and English immigrants followed. Fishing, lumbering and shipbuilding flourished throughout the nineteenth century. The first bridge over the Richbucto River was completed there in 1850, improving commerce and communications in the region. Fishing from a Pier Fishing is a term applied to any activity which aims to capture fish or shellfish for subsistence, scientific, commercial or recreational purposes. ... For another article about a different type of logging, see data logging. ... Men from Francisco de Orellanas expedition building a small brigantine, the San Pedro, to be used in the search for food Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. ...

The settlement was known from about 1825 as Kingston, but in 1901 the name was changed to Rexton. This was probably to avoid confusion with other Kingstons, particularly the community in the Kings County, New Brunswick, which still carries the name. Places called Kingston include: in Australia Kingston, Tasmania Kingston, Victoria Kingston on Murray, South Australia Kingston SE, South Australia (named to differentiate it from Kingston on Murray) Kingston, Australian Capital Territory Kingston, Norfolk Island, the capital of the territory in Canada Kingston, New Brunswick Kingston, Nova Scotia Kingston, Ontario in... Kings County (2001 population 64,208) is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada. ...

Rexton (Kingston at the time) was the birthplace of Andrew Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1922-1923. William John Bowser, Premier of British Columbia (1915-1916) was also born there. Andrew Bonar Law (September 16, 1858 - October 30, 1923) was a Conservative British statesman and Prime Minister. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... William John Bowser (December 3, 1867-October 25, 1933) was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th)  - Land 925,186 km²  - Water 19,549 km² (2. ...

Reference: Barry Kinread Glencross, Rexton: The First 175 Years (privately published, 2001)