8 miles southeast of Chatham. Post Office 1853-1955.
First settlers were disbanded soldiers from British Regiments, most of whom were of Scottish descent or extraction.
Later settlers included large groups from Perthshire and Sutherlandshire.
Formerly called Glenelg.
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Named for James Beattie, who received a land grant 1826.
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Named for John Bean who, with John and David Mowat, was granted the island in 1806.
In Passamaquoddy Maliseet, Muskoositkik, ‘Indian bean place’, possibly a transliteration of John Bean’s name.
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Post Office Bartibogue 1853-1854; Post Office Bartibog 1857-1959.
Named for the river of the same name which runs through the settlement on its way to the Miramichi River.
Settled by immigrants from Scotland in 1812 and from Ireland in 1822.
Among the earliest settlers was Alexander MacDonald, disbanded soldier of the Revolutionary War, who prospered as a leading member of the community and whose stone farmhouse is open to the public for tours during the summer months.
