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Located in the west part of Saint John: Lancaster Parish, St. John County: first called Mahogany Road and then Fairville for Robert Fair (1824-1901), a local merchant: PO Fairville 1864-1947 with James Ready as the postmaster: in 1866 Fairville had about 45 resident families: in 1871 Fairville had a population of 1,500 and was the eastern terminus of the European and North American Railway: in 1898 Fairville was a station on the Canadian Pacific Railway, a lumbering and manufacturing village with 1 post office, 25 stores, 2 hotels, 1 brewery, 1 sawmill, 1 pulp mill, 2 carriage factories, a provincial lunatic asylum, 5 churches and a population of 1,500: in 1871 Lancaster had a population of 200: the name of the whole community was changed to Lancaster in the 1940's: also included Lancaster Vale: Lancaster became part of Saint John.

Latitude : 45° 15'

Longitude : 66° 6'

County : St. John

Parish : Lancaster

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CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Purdy's Corner 1.31 270° W
Quinton Heights 1.31 270° W
Fundy Heights 1.31 90° E
Pleasant Point 1.85 0° N
Point Pleasant 1.85 0° N
Kingsville 1.85 0° N
Milford 1.85 0° N
St. Marysville 1.85 0° N
Simms Corner 1.85 0° N
Union Point 2.27 35° NE
Island View Heights 2.27 215° SW
Ouigoudi 2.27 35° NE
Marble Cove 2.27 35° NE
Navy Island 2.27 35° NE
Union Point Road 2.27 35° NE
Mosquito Cove 2.27 325° NW
Randolph 2.27 325° NW
Green Head 2.27 325° NW
Churchill Heights 2.27 215° SW
Negrotown Point 2.61 90° E
West Saint John 2.61 90° E
Saint John West 2.61 90° E
Bay Shore 3.2 125° SE
Lancaster Heights 3.2 235° SW
Glenburnie 3.71 0° N
Pokiok 3.71 0° N
Aurora 3.92 270° W
South Bay 3.92 270° W
Swift Point 3.93 341° NNW
Indiantown 3.93 19° NNE
Glencoe 4.33 65° ENE
Beaconsfield 4.33 65° ENE
Caledonia Settlement 4.33 65° ENE
Carleton 4.33 65° ENE
Clover Valley 4.33 65° ENE
Conway 4.33 65° ENE
Crouchville 4.33 65° ENE
Portland 4.33 65° ENE
Rose Point 4.33 65° ENE
Saint John 4.33 65° ENE
Parr Town 4.33 65° ENE
Partridge Island 4.33 115° ESE
Lower Cove 4.33 65° ENE
Manawagonish 4.33 65° ENE
Marsh Bridge 4.33 65° ENE
South End 4.33 65° ENE
Stevens 4.33 65° ENE
Saint John North 4.33 65° ENE
Sand Cove 4.33 65° ENE
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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