Apohaqui, New Brunswick

It is located on the Kennebecasis River at the confluence of the Millstream River extending approximately from Foxhill to a kilometre east of Riverbank Cemetery on both sides of the Kennebecasis, so that it resides in both Sussex and Studholm parishes on the south and north, respectively.

A special service area on the south side delineates properties taxed to help fund the Apohaqui Millstream Recreation Council which operates community facilities on the north side of the river.

Unlike the Mi’kmaq, who often moved their camps, the Wolastokqiyik built permanent villages.

Major Studholm, in command of Fort Howe, welcomed the Loyalists in 1783 and helped them settle in Saint John and surrounding areas including Apohaqui.

In the early 19th century, Archibald McDonald started the first school in Apohaqui in a room of a house.

In the winter, the students would walk to the school trustee's house to ask for a half-day holiday to go skating.

It is the hometown of former premier of New Brunswick Frank McKenna and former mayor of the city of Saint John Norm McFarlane.