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Located 6.09 km SSW of Dalhousie: Dalhousie Parish, Restigouche County: PO Eel River 1861-1886: POEel River Crossing from 1886: in 1898 Eel River Crossing was a station on the Intercolonial Railway and a farming and lumbering community with 1 post office, 3 stores, 1 hotel, 1 steam sawmill and shingle mill, 1 cheese factory, 1 church and a population of 500: included Millers Crossing or Miller Settlement: also included Stanmore: named for Arthur Charles Hamilton Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore (1829-1912) and lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick from 1861-1866: PO 1896-1898: in 1904 Stanmore was a settlement with a population of 25: Eel River Crossing was incorporated as a village in 1966.

Latitude : 48° 1'

Longitude : 66° 25'

County : Restigouche

Parish : Dalhousie

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Anse à l'Anguille 2.48 90° E
Eel River Cove 2.48 90° E
Shannonvale 2.48 270° W
Eel River Bar First Nation, Ugpi’ganjig 3.1 53° NE
Selwood 3.71 180° S
Summit 4.46 326° NW
Darlington 4.46 34° NE
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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