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Description
Located 2.26 km SW of Canterbury: Canterbury Parish, York County: named by miners who returned from the mines in California to New Brunswick about 1850.

Latitude : 45° 52'

Longitude : 67° 30'

County : York

Parish : Canterbury

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Dead Creek 1.29 270° W
Canterbury 2.26 35° NE
Howard Settlement 2.26 35° NE
Shangallee 2.26 35° NE
Carroll Ridge 3.18 126° SE
Marne 3.93 19° NNE
Grant's Crossing 3.93 19° NNE
Grant Settlement 4.29 64° ENE
Hartin Settlement 4.52 325° NW
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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