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Located on W side of the St. John River at the mouth of the Aroostook River, 3.92 km SSE of Four Falls: Andover Parish, Victoria County: PO Arestook 1852-1854: PO Aroostook 1854-1879: PO Aroostook Junction from 1879: in 1871 the community and surrounding district had a population of 400: in 1898 Aroostook was a port of entry, a station on the Presque Isle Branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway and a community with 1 post office, 1 store and a population of 80: included the settlements of Four Falls and Aroostook Portage: Aroostook was incorporated as a village in 1966.

Latitude : 46° 48'

Longitude : 67° 43'

County : Victoria

Parish : Andover

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Tobique First Nation, Negootkook Reserve 2.54 90° E
Tobique Narrows 3.14 126° SE
Tinker 3.81 270° W
Indian Point 3.92 161° SSE
Maliseet 3.92 161° SSE
Millicete 3.92 161° SSE
Silver Beach 3.92 341° NNW
Little River 3.92 341° NNW
Four Falls 3.92 341° NNW
Turner Settlement 4.24 244° WSW
Silver Brook 4.24 64° ENE
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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