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Havelock, New Brunswick

Coordinates: 46°00′00″N 65°19′01″W / 46.000°N 65.317°W / 46.000; -65.317
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Havelock is located in New Brunswick
Havelock
Havelock
Location of Havelock in New Brunswick

46°00′00″N 65°19′01″W / 46.000°N 65.317°W / 46.000; -65.317

Havelock, New Brunswick is a Canadian rural community in Kings County, New Brunswick. Havelock is at the junction of Route 885 and Route 880. There is a small public airport nearby.

The community is situated on a large lime deposit and its extraction has driven the local economy, beginning with a Lafarge cement plant constructed in the 1960s and current mothballed since the early 1990s. Graymont operates a lime quarry and kiln to supply eastern Canada and New England with 300 tonnes per day.

History

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Havelock was named after Sir Henry Havelock and was previously known as Butternut Ridge.

Notable people

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