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Nashwaak Bicentennial Association (York County, N.B.)

Organized in 1981

The Nashwaak Bicentennial Association was organized in December 1981 for the primary purpose of commemorating the contributions of Loyalist settlers in the Nashwaak Valley of New Brunswick to the development of the province and Canada in general and of Central New Brunswick in particular. To accomplish this aim, members of the association undertook to conduct historical research on the settlements along the Nashwaak, the early settlers, their social life, industries, schools, churches, and other aspects of local development. It was their hope to perpetuate a continuing interest in these Loyalist settlers and their descendants long after the bicentennial celebrations had concluded. While the association had decided initially to focus exclusively on the Loyalists, the research plan was later expanded to include all settlers of the Nashwaak area.

In June 1984 the association released the product of its research, a book entitled "And the River Rolled On." The following month a "Homecoming Week" was held, also in celebration of the bicentennial. In 1986 the Nashwaak Bicentennial Association produced a companion volume to "And the River Rolled On," "Nashwaak Families 1785-1885," that contains a listing of names of early Nashwaak settlers.

In October 2007, the association held a meeting to wind up its business and officially disband.