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Located on S side of the Miramichi River, 2.53 km E of Douglastown: Chatham Parish, Northumberland County: founded in 1800 by Francis Peabody, a New Englander who moved to Chatham from Maugerville: first called The Spruce Tree: then renamed Miramichi: PO Miramichi 1825-1843: renamed Chatham in 1843 for William Pitt, father and son, who both became Earl of Chatham and prime minister of England: PO Chatham from 1843: in 1871 it had a population of 3,000: in 1898 Chatham was a seaport, a port of entry, a post, money order and postal note office, terminus of the Canada Eastern Railway and a town with 100 stores, 5 hotels, 2 steam sawmills, 2 sulphite pulp mills, 2 foundry and machine shops, 2 marine slips, 2 sash and door factories, 1 brick kiln, 3 carriage and sleigh factories, 3 printing offices, 7 churches and a population of 5,000: Chatham was incorporated as a town in 1896 and is now part of the city of Miramichi.

Latitude : 47° 2'

Longitude : 65° 28'

County : Northumberland

Parish : Chatham

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Elliott Landing 1.26 270° W
Ferry Road 1.26 270° W
Millbank 1.85 0° N
Moorefield 2.24 326° NW
Curtis Park 2.24 146° SE
Middle Island 2.24 34° NE
Douglastown 2.53 270° W
Gretna Green 2.53 270° W
Morrison Cove 3.13 234° SW
Springfield 3.13 234° SW
Clarkes Cove 3.13 234° SW
McEwan Dam 3.13 306° NW
Miramichi 3.71 180° S
Keefe Road 4.22 296° WNW
Forest Corner 4.22 64° ENE
Back Lots 4.22 296° WNW
Bushville 4.22 244° WSW
Upper Napan 4.49 146° SE
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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