Burtts Corner, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46°04′04″N 66°52′24″W / 46.067667°N 66.873361°W
Burtts Corner is a Canadian rural community in Douglas Parish, York County, New Brunswick. It is located on the Keswick River, a tributary of the Saint John River, between the communities of Keswick and Zealand at the intersection of Route 104 and Route 617.
Burtts Corner was originally known as Smiths Corner for J.E. Smith who kept a store at the corner there.
In 1819, Benjamin Burtt married Elizabeth Crouse, the daughter of Loyalist Philip Crouse, and they settled six kilometers from the mouth of the Keswick River in Smiths Corner.
Their son, Benjamin R. Burtt, opened the first Burtt's Store in the community between 1861 and 1871. In the store's early days, customers would often trade eggs for groceries. Later, he expanded his store and included a post office. In the 1880s the nearby railroad changed from narrow to standard gauge, lowering shipping costs thereby making local timber product sales increase. Railroad stations became established as access points to the local communities. Sometimes these community access points were quite a distance from the established community centers. Cardigan Station was established in Smiths Corner from the influence of the nearby Cardigan Settlement some 16 kilometers away.
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