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Located on W side of the St. John River, E of the Kingsclear First Nation, Pilick and 9.83 km NE of Kingsclear: Kingsclear Parish, York County: named for the Acadians who settled here in the late 1700's: the majority of these settlers moved to Madawaska when the Loyalists arrived in 1784: in 1904 French Village was a farming settlement with 1 church and a population of 100: the Canadian National Railway station here was called Macnaquac: French Village became part of Kingsclear.

Latitude : 45° 57'

Longitude : 66° 50'

County : York

Parish : Kingsclear

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Lunts Ferry 1.85 0° N
Burgoins Ferry 1.85 0° N
Crocks Point Ferry 1.85 0° N
McKinley Ferry 1.85 0° N
Macnaquac 1.85 180° S
Kingsclear First Nation, Pilick 1.85 180° S
Crocks Point 2.26 35° NE
McGinley 2.26 325° NW
McKeens Corner 2.26 325° NW
McKinley 2.26 325° NW
Island View 3.18 54° NE
Central Keswick Ridge 3.18 306° NW
Central Kingsclear 3.18 234° SW
Macinquac 3.87 270° W
Mactaquac 3.87 270° W
Rockland 3.93 19° NNE
Veyseys 4.29 244° WSW
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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