Rothesay
The town of Rothesay lies on the island of Bute, in Buteshire, Scotland. It features a late medieval castle surrounded by a moat and can be reached by ferry from Weymss Bay which offers an onward rail link to Glasgow.
The town was long a popular destination for Glasgow folk going "doon the watter", and its wooden pier was once much busier with steamer traffic than it is today. The town also had an electric tramway which closed in the mid 1930s.
Rothesay, New Brunswick, Canada, is named after the town in Scotland of the same name. It is a suburb of Saint John which lies between the city of Saint John and the town of Quispamsis. Beside the town is the lovely Kennebecasis River. Rothesay sits inside of Kings County. According to the 2001 Canadian census, Rothesay has a population of 11,505. You can visit or check out the website of . Interesting note--The propeller was invented in Rothesay, New Brunswick, by Wallace R Turnbull. Turnbull was Canada's first aviation pioneer. His interest began even before the end of the nineteenth century and his invention of the variable pitch propeller in 1927 revolutionized the aircraft industry.
