Florenceville, New Brunswick
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The village of Florenceville is located on the banks of the St. John River, in Carleton County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
The village has a population of less than 800 people, but is the world headquarters for McCain Foods Limited, the largest producer of French fries in the world.
It also boasts a truly unique free public art gallery. The Andrew and Laura McCain Gallery is a non-profit, community supported gallery that shows about nine exhibitions a year of everything from exhibitions on loan from the National Gallery of Canada to the work of local school children. Nestled on the banks of the beautiful St. John River at 8 McCain Street in the heart of the village, the gallery is wheelchair accessible and open five days a week, and until 8pm on Thursdays. Past, current, and future shows can be seen on the gallery website at [1] (http://mccaingallery.tripod.com)
External link
- Information on Florenceville and Carleton County (http://www.florenceville.com/)