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Burpee or Gaspereau River #2, Queens County

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Inventory Number: NB/55-09-01
County: Queens County
Township: Chipman
Town/Village: Gaspereau Settlement
Bridge Name: Burpee or Gaspereau River #2
Crosses: Gaspereau River
Truss type: Howe & Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 168', 51m
Roadway Width:
Built: 1912
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N46 16.850
Longitude: W065 51.672
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Directions: 3.2 miles (5.1 km) north of jct NB116 on NB123, then 330 feet (100 m) right on East Gaspereau Rd. North of Gaspereau Forks.

Burpee or Gaspereau River #2 Bridge, Chipman, Queens County, NB Built 1912
Warren White Photo, June 16, 2011

Burpee or Gaspereau River #2 Bridge, Chipman, Queens County, NB Built 1913
Raymond Brainerd Photo, Richard E. Roy Collection

Burpee or Gaspereau River #2 Bridge, Chipman, Queens County, NB Built 1912
Bill Caswell Photo, July 13, 2012

Comments:
This bridge was named for the Ebenizer and Issac Burpee family living closest to it at the time it was built.

Sources:
New Brunswick Travel Bureau. Covered Bridges of New Brunswick (Canada), undated (mid 1950s), page 20
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 171

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