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inaugurated in 1939. Pointe-du-Chêne became a cottage resort area in the early 20th century. Summer excursion trains from
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were close to depletion at this time, the abundance of oak trees in the area was considered a
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applied for a land in Pointe-Du-Chene. They were granted 50 acres (20 ha), and to this day more than two-thirds of the land in Pointe-Du-Chene belongs to the church, which rents the land to the occupants.
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industries to arise in the community. As yet there was no industry in all of
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that grew there. By 1862, the French variant of the name, Pointe-du-Chêne, was adopted.
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http://www.shediac.com/pointeduchene/pointeduchene.htm
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Tom Leighton has written a song about Pointe-du-Chêne.
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List of people from Westmorland County, New Brunswick
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