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Located on E side of the St. John River, 6.25 km NW of
Prime, on the road to
Saint-Basile:
Rivière-Verte Parish,
Madawaska County: William Francis Ganong identified the Maliseet name for Rivière-Verte as Quumquaa'took: PO
Green River 1864-1907: in 1866 Green River was a farming community with about 70 families, including 10 Martin and 9 Theriault families: in 1871 Green River and the surrounding district had a population of 700: in 1898 Green River was a station on the Canadian Pacific Railway and a settlement with 1 post office, 1 store, 1 hotel, 1 sawmill, 1 grist mill and a population of 200: included the community of Bellefleur: PO
Bellefleur 1884-1906: included the settlement of Lynch: PO
Lynch 1907-1910 with Mary A. Lynch as first postmaster: included the community of Green River Station: PO
Green River Station 1906-1935: renamed in 1935: PO
Rivière-Verte from 1935: Rivière-Verte was incorporated as a village in 1966.
Latitude
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47° 19'
Longitude
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68° 9'
County
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Madawaska
Parish
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Rivière-Verte
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