GNB
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick

Place Names of New Brunswick: Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present

Community name search   

home Introduction |  home Alphabetical Listing |  home County Listing |  home Indexes |  home Definitions


arrow Red Head
Skip Navigation Links
Description
Located on the coast road leading from East Saint John to Mispec, 3.22 SE of Saint John: Simonds Parish, St. John County: William Francis Ganong identified the Maliseet name for Red Head as Squaso'dek or "landing place": PO 1908-1948: in 1866 Red Head was a farming community with approximately 29 resident families: Alexander Pedler was a physician and James Fox, John Lee and James Lee were brick manufacturers: in 1898 Red Head had 1 church and a population of 75: became part of Little River which is now part of the city of Saint John.

Latitude : 45° 15'

Longitude : 66° 1'

County : St. John

Parish : Simonds

Cadastral Maps
---
New Brunswick cadastral maps show the basic features of the province along with the boundaries, lot number, and grantee’s name for land granted by the province. These maps are cumulative, showing all grants regardless of date.

+ Zoom in
GM165-3271
or download the full size version.
4912 x 3485 - 3.5 mb


Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Anthonys Cove 1.85 180° S
Midwood 1.85 0° N
Little River 2.27 325° NW
Caledonia Settlement 3.2 305° NW
Carleton 3.2 305° NW
Lower Cove 3.2 305° NW
Manawagonish 3.2 305° NW
Marsh Bridge 3.2 305° NW
Beaconsfield 3.2 305° NW
Clover Valley 3.2 305° NW
Conway 3.2 305° NW
Crouchville 3.2 305° NW
Parr Town 3.2 305° NW
Partridge Island 3.2 235° SW
Portland 3.2 305° NW
Rose Point 3.2 305° NW
Saint John 3.2 305° NW
Glencoe 3.2 305° NW
Saint John North 3.2 305° NW
Sand Cove 3.2 305° NW
Stevens 3.2 305° NW
South End 3.2 305° NW
Black Point 3.71 180° S
Negrotown Point 3.92 270° W
West Saint John 3.92 270° W
Saint John West 3.92 270° W
Saint John East 3.93 341° NNW
Westmorland Heights 3.93 341° NNW
Disbrowville 3.93 341° NNW
East Saint John 3.93 341° NNW
Champlain Heights 3.93 19° NNE
Little River Road 4.33 65° ENE
Black River Road 4.33 65° ENE
Bay Shore 4.33 245° WSW
Mount Prospect 4.54 35° NE
Rocky Corner 4.54 145° SE
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


4.11.1