Provincial Archives of New Brunswick

Home | Finance and Treasury Board | Minister | Contacts | Français

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

Community name search

Introduction | Alphabetical Listing | County Listing | Indexes | Definitions

< Return to previous page

Bull Moose Hill
Skip Navigation Links

Description

Located 1.29 km W of Joliffs Brook: Springfield Parish, Kings County: named for an incident in which a moose broke its neck in Alex Northrup's pasture: PO 1885-1919: in 1866 Bull Moose Hill was a farming settlement with about 33 families including 14 Northrup and 6 Benson families: in 1898 Bull Moose Hill had 1 post office and a population of 80.

Latitude : 45° 44'

Longitude : 65° 47'

County : Kings

Parish : Springfield

County location in province

County map showing parishes

Zoom in

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 or download the full size version. 3594 x 2778 - 2.5 mb

Zoom in

or download the full size version.
3594 x 2778 - 2.5 mb

Other communities within the vicinity of KilometersMiles

Community	Distance (Kilometers)	Bearing
Joliffs Brook	1.29	90° E
Northrup	1.29	90° E
Belleisle	3.18	126° SE
Belleisle Creek	3.18	126° SE
Elm Brook	3.71	180° S
Scotch Settlement	3.71	0° N
Northrups Corner	3.93	19° NNE
Brownville	3.93	19° NNE
East Scotch Settlement	3.93	341° NNW

Community

Distance (Kilometers)

Bearing

Joliffs Brook

1.29

90° E

Northrup

1.29

90° E

Belleisle

3.18

126° SE

Belleisle Creek

3.18

126° SE

Elm Brook

3.71

180° S

Scotch Settlement

3.71

0° N

Northrups Corner

3.93

19° NNE

Brownville

3.93

19° NNE

East Scotch Settlement

3.93

341° NNW

* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.