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The University of Michigan Library is the academic library system of the University of Michigan. The university's 38 constituent and affiliated libraries together make it the second largest research library by number of volumes in the United States. As of 2019–20, the University Library contained more than 14,543,814 volumes, while all campus ...
University of New Brunswick. / 45.94556°N 66.64083°W / 45.94556; -66.64083. The University of New Brunswick ( UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universities in North America. [ 5]
Richmond Parish, New Brunswick. / 46.075; -67.6575. Richmond is a geographic parish in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada, [ 2] located west of Woodstock . Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was comprised one local service district (LSD) and parts of two others, [ 3] all of which were members of the Western ...
1811: New Brunswick's very first library opened in Saint John in 1811 operated on a subscription basis with a fee being charged for the use of the collections. 1874: Plans for a free public library in Saint John were initiated by the President of the Mechanics’ Institute. 1877: Great Saint John Fire delayed plans for library.
The Canadian province of New Brunswick is divided by the Territorial Division Act [1] into 152 geographic parishes, [a] units which had political significance as subdivisions of counties until the Municipalities Act of 1966. [b] Parishes still exist in law and include any municipality, rural community, or regional municipality within their ...
The 100-acre (0.40 km 2) NBBI campus is located in rural Victoria Corner, New Brunswick, Canada and is situated along the western bank of the scenic Saint John River between the towns of Hartland and Woodstock and just 35 km (22 mi) from the international border with the United States at Houlton, Maine. History
New Brunswick is bounded on the north by Quebec 's Gaspé Peninsula and Bay of Chaleur and on the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and Northumberland Strait. In the southeast, the Isthmus of Chignecto connects it to Nova Scotia. On its west, the province borders the American state of Maine . The total land and water area of the province is ...
The L. P. Fisher Public Library, started in 1912 and completed in 1914, is a landmark in the town of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada.Named for Lewis Peter Fisher (1821-1905), a loyalist lawyer, mayor, and leading citizen of Woodstock who bequeathed $208,000 (a considerable sum in 1905) for local charitable purposes, including the construction of a free library.