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Located on S side of the Southwest Miramichi River, 3.83 km E of Taxis River: Ludlow Parish, Northumberland County: named for Thomas Boies who came from the United States about 1822 to set up a sawmill and grist mill: pronounced "boyce-town": PO from 1842: in 1866 Boiestown was a farming and lumbering settlement with about 46 families: in 1871 it had a population of 250: in 1898 Boiestown had 1 post office, 4 stores, 1 hotel, 1 sawmill, 1 grist mill, 2 churches and a population of 400.

Latitude : 46° 27'

Longitude : 66° 25'

County : Northumberland

Parish : Ludlow

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Taxis River 3.83 270° W
Texas River 3.83 270° W
Hickey 4.5 215° SW
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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