List of people from Northumberland County, New Brunswick

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This is a list of notable people from Northumberland County, New Brunswick. Although not everyone in this list was born in Northumberland County, they all live or have lived in Northumberland County and have had significant connections to the communities.

This article does not include People from Miramichi as they have their own section.

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References

  1. 2001 CNews article profiling five SHU inmates, including Legere archived at douglaschristie.com
  2. "Raymond Fraser". w3.stu.ca. New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia.
  3. "Man tranquilized by new wife in 2012 worried about her pending prison release". cbc.ca.
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