Debec, New Brunswick

The border between Maine and New Brunswick was fluid in the late 19th and early 20th century - at least for people.

However more recently farming has made a comeback in some parts of the community with several large operations now growing crops.

When it opened in November 1919, the village had 6 stores, a grist mill, several potato shipping operations and was one of the busiest points for freight on the CPR rail lines in Carleton County.

By 1922 the Manager was reporting that "Low prices of farm produce and losses last season in potatoes are the chief causes of the large reduction in current account and savings balances.

It served a number of communities in South Richmond as a grade 6-12 school for 15 years - 1952 to 1967.

The youth of that era are now retired or about to and are planning a major celebration of their school, their community and their heritage in 2012.

The village once had a large two story hall in the centre of the community but it too was torn down in the early 1970s.