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Located on S side of the Miramichi River, 2.53 km E of
Douglastown:
Chatham Parish,
Northumberland County: founded in 1800 by Francis Peabody, a New Englander who moved to Chatham from
Maugerville: first called The Spruce Tree: then renamed Miramichi: PO
Miramichi 1825-1843: renamed Chatham in 1843 for William Pitt, father and son, who both became Earl of Chatham and prime minister of England: PO
Chatham from 1843: in 1871 it had a population of 3,000: in 1898 Chatham was a seaport, a port of entry, a post, money order and postal note office, terminus of the Canada Eastern Railway and a town with 100 stores, 5 hotels, 2 steam sawmills, 2 sulphite pulp mills, 2 foundry and machine shops, 2 marine slips, 2 sash and door factories, 1 brick kiln, 3 carriage and sleigh factories, 3 printing offices, 7 churches and a population of 5,000: Chatham was incorporated as a town in 1896 and is now part of the city of
Miramichi.
Latitude
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47° 2'
Longitude
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65° 28'
County
:
Northumberland
Parish
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Chatham
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