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Located on the Madawaska River, 8.32 km NNW of Edmundston: Saint-Jacques Parish, Madawaska County: founded around 1834 by Acadians and by Irish settlers and later occupied by French settlers: the first Post Office was called Silverstream: PO 1870-1902: in 1871 it had a population of 150: in 1898 Saint-Jacques was a flag station on the Témiscouata Railway and had 1 post office, 1 store, 1 sawmill, 1 church and a population of about 200: renamed in 1902: PO St-Jacques from 1902: Saint-Jacques was incorporated as a village in 1966.

Latitude : 47° 26'

Longitude : 68° 23'

County : Madawaska

Parish : Saint-Jacques

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Other communities within the vicinity of KilometersMiles

Community	Distance (Kilometers)	Bearing
Morneault	3.12	54° NE
Moulin-Morneault	3.12	54° NE
Plourde Settlement	3.12	54° NE
Rang-des-Couturier	4.2	64° ENE
Couturier	4.2	64° ENE
Boucher	4.48	146° SE

Community

Distance (Kilometers)

Bearing

Morneault

3.12

54° NE

Moulin-Morneault

3.12

54° NE

Plourde Settlement

3.12

54° NE

Rang-des-Couturier

4.2

64° ENE

Couturier

4.2

64° ENE

Boucher

4.48

146° SE

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