Sackville:
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Irving Service Station

This is an image of the Irving Service Station that was built on Main Street of Sackville in 1936. It was one of the earliest service stations by J.D. Irving in the province of New Brunswick. It' was designed by an Acadian architect Samuel Roy. It's distinctive features were white building with red trim, and a turret. It remained in business as a gas station till 1998. Thereafter it was an automobile service and repair facility till 2005. It was dismantled in 2006 and was donated by Irving Oil to Acadian Historical Village in Caraquet, New Brunswick. It was officially opened as a part of this village in 2007. Information source: 'Sackville Then and Now' book by Kip Jackson and Charlie Scobie (p. 26)

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Image Source: Village historique acadien 55/64