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 Petitcodiac
Skip Navigation Links
Description
Images
Bibliography
Located 9.83 km NE of Anagance and 8 km SW of River Glade: Salisbury Parish, Westmorland County: William Francis Ganong identified the Mi'kmaq name for Petitcodiac as Petkoatkwee'ak or "the river bends round in a bow": PO Head of Petitcodiac 1848-1869: PO Petitcodiac from 1869: in 1866 Petitcodiac was a farming and lumbering community with about 30 resident families: in 1871 it had a population of 400: in 1898 Petitcodiac was a station on the Intercolonial Railway, a central depot for the Elgin, Petitcodiac and Havelock Railway and a settlement with 1 post office, 6 stores, 2 hotels, 1 tannery, 1 sawmill, 1 carriage factory, 1 furniture factory, 4 churches and a population of 700: Petitcodiac was incorporated as a village in 1966.

Latitude : 45° 56'

Longitude : 65° 10'

County : Westmorland

Parish : Salisbury

County location in province
---
Westmorland

County map showing parishes
---
+ Zoom in
Westmorland

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
GM130-3037
or download the full size version.
3727 x 2735 - 2.9 mb


Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
North River 1.29 270° W
Petitcodiac East 1.85 0° N
Intervale 4.52 325° NW
First North River 4.52 35° NE
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


4.11.1