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Located on E side of the Petitcodiac River, 2.57 km E of Moncton and 2.26 km NW of Chartersville: Moncton Parish, Westmorland County: first known as Léger, Légère or Légère Corner, located 1.5 km N of present-day Dieppe: PO Legere Corner 1896-1930: PO Leger Corner 1930-1946: in 1898 Legere Corner was a farming settlement with 1 post office, 1 store and a population of 100: also included Lakeburn, located 5 km E of Dieppe: PO 1882-1960: in 1898 Lakeburn was a farming community with 1 post office, 1 church and a population of 150: renamed Dieppe in 1946 in honour of Canadians who fell at the Battle of Dieppe in France on August 19, 1942: PO Dieppe 1946-1960: Dieppe was incorporated as a village in 1946 and as a town in 1952.

Latitude : 46° 6'

Longitude : 64° 45'

County : Westmorland

Parish : Moncton

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Humphreys Mills 1.29 270° W
Sunny Brae 1.29 270° W
Lewisville 1.29 270° W
Highland View 1.29 270° W
Grove Hamlet 1.29 90° E
Chartersville 2.26 145° SE
Elmwood Estates 2.26 325° NW
Fairview Knoll 2.26 325° NW
Humphrey 2.26 325° NW
Humphreys Brook 2.26 215° SW
Mapleton Place 2.26 325° NW
Sunny Acres 2.26 325° NW
Point Park 2.26 215° SW
Sunny Acres West 2.26 325° NW
Wilson 2.57 270° W
Jones Road Settlement 2.57 270° W
The Bend 2.57 270° W
Uplands 2.57 270° W
Moncton 2.57 270° W
Newton Heights 2.57 270° W
Parkton 2.57 270° W
Buctouche Junction 2.57 270° W
Georgetown 2.57 270° W
Bend in Petitcodiac 2.57 270° W
Harrisville 3.17 54° NE
Shediac Road 3.17 54° NE
Bridgedale 3.71 180° S
Gunningsville 4.51 215° SW
Saint-Anselme 4.51 145° SE
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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