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Located on Chaleur Bay, 6.7 km NW of
Pointe-Verte:
Beresford Parish,
Gloucester County and
Durham Parish,
Restigouche County: William Francis Ganong identified the Mi'kmaq name for Belledune as Meskeeneegeach': settled by Irish immigrants in 1825 and and later by Scottish immigrants in 1832: PO from 1845: in 1866 Belledune was a farming, fishing and lumbering community with approximately 40 resident families: in 1871 it had a population of about 400: in 1904 Belledune was on the Intercolonial Railway and had 1 post office, 4 stores, 1 hotel, 2 churches and a population of 450: included the community of
Turgeon: PO
Turgeon 1905-1966: Belledune was incorporated as a village in 1968: today Belledune is a deep-water harbour and the site of an industrial complex.
Latitude
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47° 54'
Longitude
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65° 49'
County
:
Gloucester
Parish
:
Beresford
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