STANLEY, NEW BRUNSWICK

'Stanley' (2006 pop.: 550) is a Canadian village in York County, New Brunswick.
Straddling the Nashwaak River 30 km north of Fredericton, the village is home to the annual Stanley Fair, the longest continuously running agricultural fair in Canada.
It was colonized in 1833 when a group of London Merchants became interested.
In 1846, 798 square miles were established to the Parish of Stanley.
In 1951, 130 homes lived in, and 149 stores and barns.
There were schools in Tay Creek, North Tay, Fredericksburg, Curriburg, Limekiln, Red Rock, English Settlement, Tay Falls, Tay Valley, Giant's Glen, Ward Settlement, Cross Creek, Green Hill, Maple Grove, one each on upper and lower Williamsburg, and Napadogan.
The first saw mill was constructed at the bottom on Stanley hill in 1856, by the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company.