Archive for: Queens

MacDonalds Point

September 6, 2022/in Queens/by NBSCA

7 miles southeast of Gagetown.
Post Office McDonald’s Point 1861-1915.
Named for Alexander, David and John MacDonald, land grantees there.
Alexander MacDonald was a Loyalist settler 1783 at Saint John.

McDonald Corner

September 6, 2022/in Queens/by NBSCA

8 miles east of Gagetown.
Post Office McDonald’s Corner 1860-1916, Lewis McDonald, first postmaster.
Alexander Black MacDonald was a settler 1818; two of his brothers, Lewis and John, also settled there.

Mount Douglas

September 6, 2022/in Queens/by NBSCA

At Welsford.
Named in 1826 for Sir Howard Douglas, when the road from Saint John to Fredericton was built.

Scotchtown

September 6, 2022/in Queens/by NBSCA

13 miles south of Minto. Post Office Scotch Town 1860-1923.
First settled by Loyalists.
Settled circa 1800 by immigrants from Scotland.

Douglas Harbour

September 6, 2022/in Queens/by NBSCA

On west side of Grand Lake.
Probably named for Sir Howard Douglas. In Maliseet Skumcook, possibly meaning ‘sand bay’.

Hunters Ferry Cove

September 6, 2022/in Queens/by NBSCA

In Maquapit Lake.
Named for James Hunter (1763-1843) immigrant from Glasgow, to Boston 1793, to Saint John 1794, to Maquapit Lake 1797.