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Located on W side of the St. John River across from Perth, 5.71 km SSE of Aroostook: Andover Parish, Victoria County: first called Little Tobique or Tobique: PO Tobique 1842-1863: renamed Andover: PO Andover from 1846: in 1871 it had a population of 400 and opposite it was an Indian village with a population of 150: in 1904 Andover was a summer resort with excellent hunting and fishing, a station on the Canadian Pacific Railway and a community with 1 post office, 8 stores, 2 hotels, 1 sawmill, 1 shingle mill, 1 roller grist mill, 1 steam carriage factory, 1 creamery, 4 churches and a population of 500: Andover joined with Perth to form the municipality of Perth-Andover.

Latitude : 46° 45'

Longitude : 67° 42'

County : Victoria

Parish : Andover

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Other communities within the vicinity of    

CommunityDistance (Kilometers)Bearing
Maliseet 1.85 0° N
Millicete 1.85 0° N
Indian Point 1.85 0° N
Carlingford 3.81 270° W
Tobique Narrows 3.92 19° NNE
Demerchant 4.24 64° ENE
Hillandale 4.5 214° SW
* Distances and bearings were calculated by using the latitude and longitude of the community.


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