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Located 5.37 km NE of Sussex : Cardwell Parish, Kings County (pronounced "plum-a-sweep"): originally called Salmon River and renamed when the railway was built: William Francis Ganong identified Plumue'seep as the Mi'kmaq name for "salmon river": PO Plumweseep 1867-1871 and 1887-1912: in 1871 Plumweseep was a station on the European and North American Railway and had a population of 50: in 1898 Plumweseep was a flag station on the Intercolonial Railway and a farming settlement with 1 church and a population of 70.

Latitude : 45° 45'

Longitude : 65° 28'

County : Kings

Parish : Cardwell

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Ryan Corner 2.59 270° W
Smiths Creek 3.93 341° NNW
Sussex Corner 3.93 199° SSW
Sussex Vale 3.93 199° SSW
Farmingdale 3.93 341° NNW
Keohan 3.93 341° NNW
Mortonville 3.93 19° NNE
McCully 4.3 64° ENE
Camp Sussex 4.52 215° SW
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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