Atholville

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  • 3 miles west of Campbellton.
  • Village incorporated 1966.
  • Named for Athol House built by Robert Ferguson (?1768-1851) who emigrated from the area of Blair Atholl, Scotland in 1796.
  • Athol House burned down in 1894.

Argyle

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  • 6 miles souhwest of Juniper.
  • Post Office circa 1885-1970.
  • Said to be named for Argyllshire, Scotland; probably named for Argyle, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, whence many settlers originated.
  • Argyle is from the Gaelic Earraghaidheal, ‘coast of the Gaels’.

Archibald Settlement

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  • 19 miles southeast of Dalhousie.
  • Post Office circa 1885-1968, Mrs. Catherine Archibald, first postmaster.
  • Settled in 1836. William, Robert and Hugh Archibald, natives of Isle of Aran, were grantees of land.

Amos Point

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  • On east side of Little Shemogue Harbour, 8 miles north of Port Elgin.
  • Named for James Amos who emigrated from Scotland in 1820.

Allen Brook

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  • Flows east into Baie Verte Creek.
  • Possibly named for Benjamin Allen, a Loyalist originally from Scotland who settled at Baie Verte.

Allandale

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  • 8 miles east of Canterbury.
  • Post Office circa 1885-1959.
  • Named for Adam Allan who settled there circa 1845.

Adams Brook

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  • Flows northeast into Rivière Caraquet.
  • Named for Harvey and Alexander Adams, timber traders, 1817, who later went to the Restigouche River area.

Aberdeen Parish

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  • Established 1863.
  • Probably named for George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Prime Minister of England 1852-1855, father of Arthur Hamilton-Gordon (1829-1912), Lieut. Gov. of New Brunswick 1861-1866.
  • Rev. C.G. Glass, who encouraged emigration from Scotland in 1861, was a native of Aberdeen, Scotland.

42nd Highland Memorial Cemetery

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  • Established in 1784.
  • 42nd Highland (Black Watch) Regiment was a United Empire Loyalist regiment granted land on the Nashwaak River after service in the Revolutionary War.
  • This section of the Nashwaak Valley, named Pleasant Valley by the ‘Forty Seconders’, was settled between 1784-1787.
  • In 1967, the Black Watch [RHR] of Canada erected a commemorative cairn.