Curryville

  • 6 miles south of Hillsborough. Post Office 1854-1959.
  • Named for Daniel Curry, settler 1830.

Curry Cove

  • At Campobello Island.
  • Named for John Curry, settler 1770.

Currieburg

  • 4 miles west of Stanley.
  • Post Office 1905-1923. Asa L. Currie, first postmaster.
  • William and John Currie, first settlers in 1800s.

Craigs Point

  • Extends into Long Reach, Saint John River.
  • John Craig was granted land near it.

Craig Lake

  • East of Rollingdam.
  • Named for William Craig, a land grantee there.

Colonel Brook

  • Flows southwest into Trout Lake, northeast of St. George.
  • Named for Hugh McKay (1751-1848) of St. George, lumberman, member of New Brunswick House of Assembly for 30 years and last full colonel in New Brunswick after 1793.

Coburn

  • Named after John and Thomas Cockburn from Scotland in 1837.

Chatham

  • Named for William Pitt, Earl of Chatham; formerly known as Spruce Tree.
  • Post office from 1835.
  • Incorporated 1896; amalgamated in 1995 to form part of City of Miramichi.
  • St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Cemetery on St. Andrew’s Street is the resting place for many early settlers.
  • Home of W.S. Loggie business empire.

Charlie Lake

  • 5 miles east of Canterbury.
  • Named for Charlie Fleming, said to have been a pirate who later lived as a hermit.
  • Possibly the same Charles Fleming, Loyalist of 1st Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers who asked for a grant on Nashwaaksis Stream.

Chaplin Island Road

  • 7 miles northwest of Newcastle. Post Office Chaplin Road 1910-1950.
  • Chaplin Island is in Northwest Miramichi River in direct line with the road.
  • Laid out as Davidson Settlement, possibly named for William Davidson (1740-1790), prominent Miramichi settler in 1765.