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Located on the St. John River, 1.3 km W of Ononette: Westfield Parish, Kings County: originally known as Mouth of Nerepis: PO 1846-1895 with John M. Nase as an early postmaster: in 1866 Mouth of Nerepis was a farming community with about 90 resident families including 7 Belyea families: in 1871 it was a station on the European and North American Railway and had a population of 200: in 1898 Mouth of Nerepis was on the Canadian Pacific Railway line and had 1 store and a population of 150: PO Westfield 1865-1891, and from 1895: in 1871 Westfield had a population of 200: in 1898 it was a farming settlement with 1 post office, 1 store, 1 hotel, 2 churches and a population of 150: the Canadian Pacific Railway station was called Lingley : PO Westfield Station 1876-1879: in 1871 Westfield Station had a population of 300: also included the communities of Ononette, Westfield Beach, Westfield Centre and Ballentine: Westfield was incorporated as a village in 1972 and joined the town of Grand Bay in 1998 to form the town of Grand Bay-Westfield.

Latitude : 45° 20'

Longitude : 66° 14'

County : Kings

Parish : Westfield

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Woolastook 1.3 270° W
Ononette 1.3 90° E
Hillandale 1.3 90° E
Westfield Beach 1.85 0° N
Hardings Point 2.27 35° NE
Crystal Beach 2.27 35° NE
Days Landing 2.27 35° NE
Brandy Point 2.61 90° E
Ingleside 2.61 90° E
Ingleside Heights 2.61 90° E
Leighside 2.61 90° E
Inglewood 2.61 90° E
Longs Cove 3.2 55° NE
Sand Point 3.2 55° NE
Lewis Settlement 3.2 55° NE
Pamdenec 3.2 125° SE
Hillside 3.2 125° SE
Epworth Park 3.2 125° SE
Brittains Point 3.71 0° N
Woodmans Point 3.71 0° N
Glaziers Manor 3.93 341° NNW
Lingley 3.93 341° NNW
Hamm Settlement 3.93 161° SSE
Hogs Hollow 4.33 65° ENE
Lands End 4.33 65° ENE
Sagwa 4.53 325° NW
Grand Bay 4.53 145° SE
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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