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Caraquet and Gulf Shore Railway

Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 1889

    Shareholder allegations concerning Kennedy Francis Burns

    Shareholders accused Kennedy Francis Burns of fraudulent schemes and false representations related to railway construction and share issuance. The matter was brought before Parliament by Edward Blake. Historical accounts also associate Burns’s operations with due-bill payments to workers, company-store restrictions, government railway subsidies, and timber concessions.