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Located 7.42 km S of Chipman, on the road to The Range: Chipman Parish, Queens County: settled about 1829: William Francis Ganong identified the Maliseet name for this area as Meagos'guelk: PO 1874-1970: in 1866 Coal Creek was a farming settlement with approximately 9 resident families, including 6 Lecky families: in 1898 Coal Creek had 1 post office and a population of 50: the Canadian Pacific Railway station located 1.5 km S of Coal Creek was called Pennlyn.

Latitude : 46° 6'

Longitude : 65° 53'

County : Queens

Parish : Chipman

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Salmon River 3.86 270° W
Kings Mines 3.92 341° NNW
Coal Mines 4.28 296° WNW
Upper Coal Creek 4.28 244° WSW
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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