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Located on Saint John Harbour: St. John County: named for the Right Honourable William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland and prime minister of England in 1783: established as Portland Parish in 1786, as the town of Portland in 1871 and as a city in 1883: in 1871 Portland had a population of 13,000: Portland was amalgamated with the city of Saint John in 1889: PO Portland 1881-1897: PO Saint John North 1898-1952.

Latitude : 45° 16'

Longitude : 66° 3'

County : St. John

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Little River 1.31 90° E
Disbrowville 2.27 35° NE
East Saint John 2.27 35° NE
Negrotown Point 2.27 215° SW
West Saint John 2.27 215° SW
Westmorland Heights 2.27 35° NE
Saint John East 2.27 35° NE
Saint John West 2.27 215° SW
Marble Cove 2.61 270° W
Navy Island 2.61 270° W
Ouigoudi 2.61 270° W
Union Point 2.61 270° W
Union Point Road 2.61 270° W
Midwood 2.61 90° E
Indiantown 3.2 305° NW
Red Head 3.2 125° SE
Fundy Heights 3.2 235° SW
Partridge Island 3.71 180° S
Pleasant Point 3.92 270° W
Point Pleasant 3.92 270° W
Kingsville 3.92 270° W
Milford 3.92 270° W
Simms Corner 3.92 270° W
St. Marysville 3.92 270° W
Bay Shore 3.93 199° SSW
Eastmount 3.93 19° NNE
Fairville 4.33 245° WSW
Fairville Plateau 4.33 245° WSW
Glenburnie 4.33 295° WNW
Duck Cove 4.33 245° WSW
Champlain Heights 4.33 65° ENE
Lancaster 4.33 245° WSW
Greendale 4.33 245° WSW
Pokiok 4.33 295° WNW
Mahogany Road 4.33 245° WSW
Lancaster Vale 4.33 245° WSW
Silver Falls 4.53 35° NE
Silver Falls Park 4.53 35° NE
Anthonys Cove 4.53 145° SE
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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