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Located 6.13 km NNE of Gagetown: Cambridge Parish, Queens County: William Francis Ganong identified the Maliseet name for Jemseg as Ahjimeck or "picking up place": PO 1850-1969: in 1866 Jemseg was a farming settlement with about 48 families including 6 Colwell and 11 Dykeman families: in 1871 it had a population of 150: in 1898 Jemseg had 1 post office, 1 store, 1 hotel, 1 sawmill, 1 church and a population of 200.

Latitude : 45° 50'

Longitude : 66° 7'

County : Queens

Parish : Cambridge

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Other communities within the vicinity of KilometersMiles

Community	Distance (Kilometers)	Bearing
Robertson Point	3.93	19° NNE
Whites Point	3.93	19° NNE

Community

Distance (Kilometers)

Bearing

Robertson Point

3.93

19° NNE

Whites Point

3.93

19° NNE

* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.