Napan

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  • 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.

Murray Corner

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  • 10 miles northeast of Port Elgin.
  • Post Office 1853-1914, Pinquey Murray, first postmaster.
  • David, Joseph, Andrew and John Murray were settlers circa 1822 from Scotland.

Murray Brook

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  • Flows southwest into Southeast Upsalquitch River.
  • Probably named for a lumberman.
  • Formerly called Hutchinsons Brook.

Mowats Brook

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  • Flows southeast into Tracy Brook.
  • Possibly named for John Mowat, of Campbellton, best informed person on Restigouche waters, circa 1896.

Mowat Island

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  • In Passamaquoddy Bay.
  • Named for David and John Mowat who were granted the island and built a store there.
  • Formerly named Norard’s Island.

Mount Murdoch

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  • 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.

Mount Loggie

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  • North of Tuadook Lake.
  • Named for Thomas George Loggie (1854-1931) New Brunswick Surveyor General.

Mount Douglas

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

Minister’s Island

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  • 2 miles north of St. Andrews.
  • Named for Samuel Andrews (circa 1736-1818), a St. Andrews minister who lived on the island after 1791.
  • Formerly called Chamcook Island.
  • Commonly called Van Horne’s Island for Sir William Cornelius Van Horne (1843-1915) first president of Canadian Pacific 1888-1899.
  • Named Covenhoven by Sir William Van Horne, after 1890, for his father’s middle name.

Menzies Lake

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  • In Saint John.
  • Named for Thomas Menzies (circa 1733-1831), land grantee there in 1785.