Extends into Baie Sainte-Anne at Hardwicke.
Named for Alexander McDonald, a settler in 1790.
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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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NBSCA 2022-09-06 16:21:53 2022-09-06 16:21:53 McKay Brook
At the confluence of Southwest and Northwest Miramichi Rivers.
Named for John Wilson (1791-1876), innkeeper, jailer, cryer, and ferryman; b. Stromness, Orkney, Scotland.
Formerly called Beaubears Point, an anglicization of Boishébert .
During the Deportation of Acadians, Marquis Charles des Champs de Boishébert brought thousands of fleeing Acadians to adjacent Beaubears Island and the surrounding lands.
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NBSCA 2022-09-06 16:21:53 2022-09-06 16:21:53 Wilsons Point
Flows southwest into Southwest Miramichi River, opposite Keenan.
John McKenzie was a land grantee there.
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NBSCA 2022-09-06 16:21:53 2022-09-06 16:21:53 McKenzie Brook
Flows southeast into Miramichi Inner Bay at Neguac.
Named for John McKnight, from Scotland, first English-speaking settler there.
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NBSCA 2022-09-06 16:21:53 2022-09-06 16:21:53 McKnights Brook
Flows northeast into Tabusintac River.
Probably named for Roderick McLeod (circa 1785-1864), settler 1803 from Scotland.
Also John McLeod (1751-1823) settled in the area, 1803, from Scotland.
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NBSCA 2022-09-06 16:21:53 2022-09-06 16:21:53 McLeods Brook
North of Tuadook Lake.
Named for Thomas George Loggie (1854-1931) New Brunswick Surveyor General.
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NBSCA 2022-09-06 16:21:53 2022-09-06 16:21:53 Mount Loggie
In Historians Range, east of South Branch Nepisiguit River.
Named by W.F. Ganong 1903 for Beamish Murdoch (circa1800-1876), author of “History of Nova Scotia”, 1867.
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NBSCA 2022-09-06 16:21:53 2022-09-06 16:21:53 Mount Murdoch
3 miles south-east of Chatham. Post office from 1880s to 1960s.
First settlers were largely of Scottish extraction, coming to the community before 1830, many from Dumfrieshire.
Named for the river of the same name which runs through the community on its way to Napan Bay and then Miramichi Bay.
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