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Beaver Brook Station
Location of Beaver Brook Station in New Brunswick
Beaver Brook Station is a Canadian rural community in Northumberland County, New Brunswick.
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Beaver Brook Station is a Canadian rural community in Northumberland County, New Brunswick.
Beaver Brook Station was created when the Intercolonial Railway was constructed through the area 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Newcastle (now part of the city of Miramichi) in 1875.
Max Aitken grew up in the nearby community of Newcastle, New Brunswick. In accepting his peerage, Max Aitken chose the name "Lord Beaverbrook" (note the spelling difference) in reference to this community, after initially considering the harder to pronounce "Lord Miramichi". [1]
Miramichi is the largest city in northern New Brunswick, Canada. It is situated at the mouth of the Miramichi River where it enters Miramichi Bay. The Miramichi Valley is the second longest valley in New Brunswick, after the Saint John River Valley.
Northumberland County is located in northeastern New Brunswick, Canada.
The Miramichi River is a river located in the east-central part of New Brunswick, Canada. The river drains into Miramichi Bay in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The name may have been derived from the Montagnais words "Maissimeu Assi", and it is today the namesake of the Miramichi Herald at the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
The name "Miramichi" was first applied to a region in the northeast of New Brunswick, Canada, and has since been applied to other places in Canada and the United States. Although other interpretations have been suggested, it is believed that "Miramichi" was derived from the Montagnais words "Maissimeu Assi", and was perhaps introduced for use in European languages by Jacques Cartier in 1535.
Chatham is an urban neighbourhood in the city of Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.
Newcastle is an urban neighbourhood in the city of Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.
The Northwest Miramichi River or Elmunokun is a river in New Brunswick, Canada. The Mi'kmaq referred to the river as Elmunokun, possibly meaning "a beaver hole" in reference to a deep pool in the river, just below the mouth of the Big Sevogle River, its second largest tributary, after the Little Southwest Miramichi.
The Southwest Miramichi River is a river in New Brunswick, Canada.
The Little Southwest Miramichi River is a river in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. In Mi'kmaq it is referred to as "Tooadook".
The Bartibog River is a tributary of the Miramichi River in New Brunswick, Canada.
The Big Sevogle River is a Canadian river in central New Brunswick. It consists of two branches, the North Sevogle and South Sevogle Rivers. Below the confluence of these rivers at the Square Forks, the river is properly referred to as the Big Sevogle River. This name serves to distinguish it from the "Little Sevogle River", a much smaller tributary to the Northwest Miramichi River.
The 1825 Dee, or Great Miramichi Fire, or Great Fire of Miramichi, as it came to be known, was a massive forest fire complex that devastated forests and communities throughout much of northern New Brunswick in October 1825. It ranks among the three largest forest fires ever recorded in North America.
The Christmas Mountains are a series of rounded peaks in northern New Brunswick, Canada, at the headwaters of North Pole Stream and the Little Southwest Miramichi River, west of Big Bald Mountain, and south of Mount Carleton. The mountains, in part, separate the Miramichi River watershed from the watersheds of the Serpentine River and the Nepisiguit River.
The Miramichi Folksong Festival, is the oldest folk music festival in Canada. It is held annually in Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada. It was established by Louise Manny in response to a request from Lord Beaverbrook that she document the traditional songs of his boyhood home. It is the longest continuous event of its kind in Canada and one of the longest in North America. The first festival was held in September 1958 at the Beaverbrook Town Hall and Theatre in Newcastle, New Brunswick. The festival is still held at this location, now in August of each year.
Sunny Corner, New Brunswick is a rural settlement in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is located approximately 35 km west of Miramichi, New Brunswick, on the northeast bank of the Northwest Miramichi River, opposite, Red Bank. The community has an Irving gas station, a Royal Canadian Legion, a Lions Club, a police station serviced by the RCMP, a volunteer fire department, a hockey rink, and a seniors home.
Newcastle is a civil parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Northesk is a civil parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Chatham is a civil parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Glenelg is a civil parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Route 430 is a 40-kilometre-long (25 mi) mostly north–south secondary highway in the northwest portion of New Brunswick, Canada.
Coordinates: 47°08′00″N65°36′00″W / 47.13333°N 65.60000°W
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