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Located 11.74 km WSW of Oromocto: Lincoln Parish, Sunbury County (pronounced "rah-sha-gor-nish"): William Francis Ganong identified the Maliseet name for Rusagonis as Tesegwan'ik: settled in 1784: PO Rusagornis 1853-1930: in 1866 Rusagornis was a farming community with approximately 52 families: in 1871 Rusagornis and surrounding district had a population of about 200: in 1904 Rusagornis had 1 post office, 1 store, 1 church and a population of 75: PO Rusagonis 1930-1959.

Latitude : 45° 48'

Longitude : 66° 37'

County : Sunbury

Parish : Lincoln

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Sunpoke 3.18 126° SE
Rusagonis Station 4.52 145° SE
Waasis 4.52 35° NE
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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