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Located 9.52 km NW of
Keswick, on the road to
Brewers Mills:
Bright Parish,
York County: Originally named New Zealand, the name may originate from area families of Dutch ancestry after the community of Zealand in the Netherlands: PO
New Zealand 1867-1872: in 1871 New Zealand had a population of 250: PO
Zealand Station 1885-1961: in 1898 it was a flag station on the Canadian Pacific Railway and a settlement with 1 post office, 1 store, 1 hotel, 1 church and a population of 250: included the settlement of Morehouse Corner: PO 1912-1914, with Thomas E. Morehouse as the first postmaster: name shortened to Zealand in 1961: PO
Zealand from 1961.
Latitude
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46° 3'
Longitude
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66° 56'
County
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York
Parish
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Bright
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