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Fawcett Hill
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Description

Located 6.77 km NW of Petitcodiac: Salisbury Parish, Westmorland County: originally named Birch Hill: renamed for Thomas Fawcett (1775-1855), an English immigrant who settled in Prince Edward Island in 1817, then moved to Sackville in 1822, and finally to Birch Hill in 1832: PO 1878-1929: in 1898 Fawcett Hill was a railway siding on the Elgin, Petitcodiac and Havelock Railway and a farming settlement with 1 post office and a population of 50.

Latitude : 45° 59'

Longitude : 65° 13'

County : Westmorland

Parish : Salisbury

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Other communities within the vicinity of KilometersMiles

Community	Distance (Kilometers)	Bearing
Intervale	2.26	145° SE
Wheaton Mills	2.26	35° NE
Killams Mills	3.93	341° NNW
Kinnear Settlement	4.29	244° WSW
Keats	4.29	244° WSW
Head of Ridge	4.52	325° NW
Steeves Settlement	4.52	325° NW

Community

Distance (Kilometers)

Bearing

Intervale

2.26

145° SE

Wheaton Mills

2.26

35° NE

Killams Mills

3.93

341° NNW

Kinnear Settlement

4.29

244° WSW

Keats

4.29

244° WSW

Head of Ridge

4.52

325° NW

Steeves Settlement

4.52

325° NW

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