Welcome to Spruce Lake ...
Although we found mention of Spruce Lake during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Spruce Lake was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added Spruce Lake to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Spruce Lake, please Contact Us.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Spruce Lake, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1897.
A typical abbreviation for Spruce Lake: Spruce Lk.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Spruce Lake might be (or was) located is in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: AST- Heure Normale de l'Atlantique (HNA), ADT- Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique (HAA).
Note: If you travel west from Spruce Lake (for example, toward Robbinston (ME)), you will leave Atlantic Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
Area Codes for Spruce Lake: 506 & 428<2>
Communities Also Named Spruce Lake ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Spruce Lake - they are located in New Brunswick and Saskatchewan.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spruce Lake.
Communities near Spruce Lake ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Spruce Lake.
- Saint John
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quispamsis
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quispamsis came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quispamsis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quispamsis <3>
- Rothesay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Bay - Westfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Musquash Parish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Musquash Parish came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musquash Parish
- Rothesay Parish
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rothesay Parish came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothesay Parish
- Duck Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prince of Wales
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prince of Wales came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince of Wales
- Black Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Beach
- Fundy Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spruce Lake ...
Looking for more information about Spruce Lake? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Spruce Lake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Spruce Lake.
Adding Spruce Lake to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Spruce Lake was on a map titled Map of Maritime Provinces of Canada (from Rand McNally, 1897).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Spruce Lake.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of New Brunswick: https://www.gnb.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Spruce Lake and then turned east". While Spruce Lake could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Spruce Lake as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Spruce Lake could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 506 code has been Overlayed with the 428 area code. New phone numbers in the Spruce Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 506 or 428. As a result, placing a call in the Spruce Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |