Point of Interest
Prince of Wales American Regiment
Street Address: Prince of Wales, New Brunswick
Loyalist Lieutenant Colonel Gabiel DeVeber settled with his large family outside Saint John and named the community after his Loyalist regiment. The Prince of Wales American Regiment was raised in 1776 in New York. It saw participated in the Danbury Raid, the defence of Rhode Island and in the Southern Campaign, suffering heavy losses at the Battle of Hanging Rock. It was disbanded in New Brunswick after the war in 1783.