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Description
Located on E side of the Southwest Miramichi River, 3.92 km SSE of
Keenan Siding
:
Blackville Parish
,
Northumberland County
: settled in 1826 and named Howardville for Sir Howard Douglas (1776-1861), the lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick from 1823-1832: included Forks Cain's River: in 1871 Forks Cain's River had a population of 30: PO
Cains River
1873-1918: in 1898 Cains River was a farming, fishing and lumbering settlement with 1 post office and a population of 100: also included the community of
Forks
: PO
Howard
1918-1966.
Latitude
:
46° 40'
Longitude
:
65° 47'
County
:
Northumberland
Parish
:
Blackville
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Kilometers
Miles
Community
Distance (Kilometers)
Bearing
Cains River
1.27
90° E
Keenan Siding
3.92
341° NNW
Arbeau
4.24
244° WSW
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.
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