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Located on the Restigouche River, 4.16 km ENE of Atholville: Eldon Parish and Addington Parish, Restigouche County: first called Cavenick's Point or Kavanagh's Point, Quinton's Point and Martin's Point: renamed for Sir Archibald Campbell (1769-1843), the lieutenant governor of New Brunswick from 1831-1837: PO Campbellton from 1837 with A. Ritchie as the first postmaster: in 1866 Campbellton was a farming and lumbering community with approximately 50 families: in 1871 it had a population of 600: in 1898 Campbellton was a sub-port of entry, a station on the Intercolonial Railway and a town with 1 post office, 45 stores, 3 hotels, 7 steam sawmills, 2 sash and door factories and planing mills, 1 foundry and machine shop, 2 printing offices, 6 churches and a population of 3,500: included Richardsville and St. Albert: Campbellton was incorporated as a town in 1888 and as a city in 1958.

Latitude : 48° 0'

Longitude : 66° 40'

County : Restigouche

Parish : Eldon

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Restigouche

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Richards 1.24 90° E
Richardsville 2.48 90° E
St. Albert 3.1 233° SW
Shives Athol 4.16 244° WSW
Ferguson Manor 4.16 244° WSW
Atholville 4.16 244° WSW
Lac-des-Lys 4.46 146° SE
Lily Lake 4.46 146° SE
Beauly 4.96 270° W
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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