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Located on W side of Bathurst Harbour, 2.24 km NW of Bathurst, on the road to Peters River: Bathurst Parish, Gloucester County: originally called Bathurst Village: PO 1858-1915: in 1898 Bathurst Village was a farming and lumbering community with 1 post office, 9 stores, 2 hotels, 2 steam sawmills, 1 grist mill, 2 churches and a population of 1,100: renamed West Bathurst in 1915: PO West Bathurst 1915-1957: included the community of College Hill: West Bathurst is now within the city of Bathurst.

Latitude : 47° 37'

Longitude : 65° 40'

County : Gloucester

Parish : Bathurst

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Bathurst Station 1.25 270° W
Basin Road 1.85 180° S
Middle River 1.85 180° S
South Bathurst 1.85 180° S
St. Peters 2.24 146° SE
Miramichi Road 2.24 146° SE
Moody's 2.24 146° SE
Nepisiguit 2.24 146° SE
Parkwood Heights 2.24 146° SE
Bathurst 2.24 146° SE
Cross Roads 2.24 326° NW
St. Mary 3.11 127° SE
East Bathurst 3.75 90° E
Rough Waters 3.91 161° SSE
Tetagouche Hill 3.91 341° NNW
Sainte-Anne 4.18 296° WNW
Sand Hill 4.18 64° ENE
Somerset Vale 4.47 326° NW
Vallée-Lourdes 4.47 326° NW
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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