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It was Shire Town of Northumberland County , and was the location of the court house and government offices. It was also the head of navigation on the river and had wharves for the export of lumber and other forest products. During the early 1870s the Intercolonial Railway was built through the town, placing it on the mainline between Halifax and Montreal . Its most prosperous days were before World War I . At its peak it had a population of about 6,500. It is home of the infamous Opera House. The Opera House was at one time owned and operated by the Richards family....the family of David Adams Richards, now a well know Canadian Author. British statesman and newspaper baron, Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook , was raised in the town; the town has a statue commemorating him. |
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