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Located on the Nerepis River, 3.93 km NNW of Blagdon: Petersville Parish, Queens County: named for Major Augustus Frederick Welsford (1811-1855) who was killed 8 September 1855 at the Battle of Sevastopol during the Crimean War: PO from 1859: in 1866 Welsford was a farming community with about 50 families: in 1871 it had a population of 150: in 1898 Welsford was a station on the Canadian Pacific Railway and a settlement with 1 post office, 2 stores, 1 hotel, granite quarries, 2 churches and a population of 175.

Latitude : 45° 27'

Longitude : 66° 20'

County : Queens

Parish : Petersville

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Other communities within the vicinity of KilometersMiles

Community	Distance (Kilometers)	Bearing
Bayard	1.85	180° S
Eagle Rock	2.26	145° SE
Blagdon	3.93	161° SSE

Community

Distance (Kilometers)

Bearing

Bayard

1.85

180° S

Eagle Rock

2.26

145° SE

Blagdon

3.93

161° SSE

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