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Located on N side of the St. John River opposite
Fredericton:
Saint Marys Parish,
York County: first called Moncton: renamed Gibson for Alexander Gibson (1819-1913), an industrialist from
Marysville: PO
Gibson 1892-1918: in 1898 Gibson was on the Canadian Pacific Railway and Canada Eastern Railway and had 1 post office, 6 stores, 1 hotel, 1 sawmill, 1 planing mill, railway repair shops, several churches and a population of 500: included the settlement of Nashwaak Station: PO
Nashwaak Station 1873-1891: also included the community of St. Marys, located at the N end of the Princess Margaret bridge, 1.5 km W of Gibson: PO
St. Mary's Ferry 1868-1917: in 1871 St. Mary's Ferry had a population of 150: in 1904 St. Mary's Ferry was a station on the Canadian Pacific Railway and a village with 1 post office, 5 stores, 3 hotels, 1 soap factory, 1 pevee and hames factory, 1 machine shop, 1 church and a population of 1,000: also included the community of
North Devon: PO
North Devon 1917-1947: also included the settlement of
South Devon, located 1.5 km W of
Barkers Point: PO
South Devon 1917-1947: Devon was incorporated as a town in 1917 and named for Lord Victor Christian William Cavendish (1868-1938), 9th Duke of Devonshire and governor-general of Canada from 1916-1921: now within the city of Fredericton.
Latitude
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45° 58'
Longitude
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66° 37'
County
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York
Parish
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Saint Marys
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