Long Point, New Brunswick

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Long Point is a rural community in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is connected to the community of Kars via the Belleisle Bay Ferry year round. [1]

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  1. "Ferries". Archived from the original on 2008-11-15.

45°36′54″N65°53′31″W / 45.615°N 65.892°W / 45.615; -65.892