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Located on Newcastle Creek, 16.91 km WSW of
Chipman:
Northfield Parish,
Sunbury County and
Canning Parish,
Queens County: named for Gilbert John Elliot, 4th Earl of Minto (1845-1914) and governor-general of Canada from 1898-1904: coal mining has been carried out in this area since the 1760's: PO
Minto from 1904: in 1904 Minto was the terminus of the Central Railway and a village with 1 post office: Included
Northfield PO 1857-1923;
Newcastle Bridge, PO from 1862;
Rothwell, PO from 1914:
South Minto,PO 1915-1929; North Minto, PO 1924-1969;
New England Settlement, PO 1935-1961 : Minto was incorporated as a village in 1966.
Latitude
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46° 5'
Longitude
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66° 4'
County
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Sunbury
Parish
:
Sheffield
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