Adjacent to Miramichi Bay at Escuminac.
Named for William Preston, settler in 1810 from Scotland, who was ship-wrecked on Fox Island.
Also called Guimond Beach.
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Northeast of Tuadook Lake.
Probably named for Edward Sinclair (1842-1901), prominent Miramichi lumberman.
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Southesk Parish: Established 1879.
Probably named as a complement to Northesk Parish.
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NBSCA 2022-09-06 16:21:53 2022-09-06 16:21:53 Southesk Parish
5 miles northeast of Chatham.
Post Office Black Brook 1861-1895, Robert Blake postmaster; Post Office Loggieville from 1895, Andrew Loggie, first postmaster.
Village incorporated in 1966. Amalgamated in 1995 to form part of City of Miramichi.
Robert Logie (later Loggie) was a settler from Scotland circa 1790.
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NBSCA 2022-09-06 16:21:53 2022-09-06 16:21:53 Loggieville
15 miles southeast of Chatham.
Post Office Upper Bay du Vin 1853-1938; Post Office St. Margarets 1938-1969.
Named for the church there. Settled 1830.
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Flows west into Black River, southeast of Chatham.
Named for John Angus McBean, a lumberman.
In Maliseet Neksegwesk .
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NBSCA 2022-09-06 16:21:53 2022-09-06 16:21:53 McBeath Brook
14 miles south-west of Tracadie on the north shore of Miramichi Bay.
Post office from 1931.
Named for the river of the same name which runs through the settlement on its way into Miramichi Bay.
Among the early settlers (after the Acadians were driven from nearby Burnt Church) were many Highland Scots, including MacKenzies, MacLeods, and MacDonalds.
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Extends into Baie Sainte-Anne at Hardwicke.
Named for Alexander McDonald, a settler in 1790.
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NBSCA 2022-09-06 16:21:53 2022-09-06 16:21:53 McDonald Point
8 miles southwest of Blackville. Post Office 1929-1967.
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NBSCA 2022-09-06 16:21:53 2022-09-06 16:21:53 Upper Blackville Bridge
Flows southwest into Northwest Miramichi River.
Named for Donald McKay, land grantee there.
In Mi’kmaq, Koolpichketchk , ‘to turn over’ in reference to a man who challenged others to push him over from a sitting position, but none could.
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