Doaktown’s First One Room School is an early 19th-century New Brunswick school located on the Doak Provincial Historic Site. It is situated on the south side of Main Street in…
Akerley Holmes
Akerley Holmes was born in Doaktown in 1894. After attending the Fredericton Business College, Akerley Holmes joined the J. H. Holmes Co., his father’s lumber business at Doaktown, which owned…
Doak Historic Site
The Doak Historic Site, also known as the Doak House, is a Provincial Heritage Site located in Doaktown. The farm was purchased in the early 1820s by Robert “Squire” Doak…
William A. Bamford
William A. Bamford taught school for a short time after graduating from the Provincial Normal School in 1896 but soon sought other employment. He spent the years 1904 to 1908…
Gilks House
The Gilks House in Doaktown was built about 1890 by Allen Doak. It was later owned by George Hinton before being purchased by Mr. and Mrs. James Gilks who ran it…
Village of Doaktown
The documented history of Doaktown‘s settlement can be traced back to United Empire Loyalist Ephraim Betts (born around 1730) and his companions, who arrived in the years following the American…