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Located on N side of the Miramichi River, 2.53 km W of
Chatham and 3.13 km NE of
Nordin:
Newcastle Parish,
Northumberland County: first called Gretna Green for the name of a town in Scotland: renamed Douglastown to mark an official visit by Sir Howard Douglas (1776-1861) who was lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick from 1823-1832: PO from 1835: in 1866 Douglastown was a farming, fishing and lumbering community with approximately 82 families: in 1871 Douglastown had a population of 400: in 1898 it had 1 post office, 6 stores, 1 hotel, 2 sawmills, 2 churches and a population of 600: Douglastown was incorporated as a village in 1966: Douglastown became part of the city of
Miramichi.
Latitude
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47° 2'
Longitude
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65° 30'
County
:
Northumberland
Parish
:
Newcastle
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