Nashwaak Village, New Brunswick

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Nashwaak Village
Location of Nashwaak Village in New Brunswick

Nashwaak Village is a settlement located in York County in New Brunswick on the Nashwaak River.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nashwaak River</span> River in New Brunswick, Canada

The Nashwaak River, located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada, is a tributary of the Saint John River. It is 113 kilometres long. The river rises from Nashwaak Lake and flows south and east through uninhabited land and rapids to the village of Stanley. From Stanley, the Nashwaak flows southeast to Nashwaak Bridge and Taymouth, then south the through several rural communities such as Durham Bridge, the historic town of Nashwaak Village and Penniac before it reaches the town of Marysville. It flows into the Saint John River opposite downtown Fredericton.

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Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first created in the 2006 redrawing of electoral districts and was first used in the general election later that year. Its last MLA was Pam Lynch of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marysville, New Brunswick</span> Human settlement in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

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Nashwaaksis is a neighbourhood and former village in the city of Fredericton, New Brunswick; it is located on the north bank of the Saint John River and at the mouth of the Nashwaaksis Stream, which should not be confused with the larger Nashwaak River nearby. The word Nashwaaksis is corrupted from the Maliseet word for the area, Nesuwahkik, with the "-sis" appendage meaning "little Nashwaak".

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Douglas is a civil parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saint Marys Parish, New Brunswick</span> Parish in New Brunswick, Canada

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stanley Parish, New Brunswick</span> Parish in New Brunswick, Canada

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Durham Bridge is a rural settlement in York County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is located approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the provincial capital of Fredericton on New Brunswick Route 8, where its eponymous bridge crosses the Nashwaak River. Locally, there is often a distinction made between Upper and Lower Durham, differentiating the settlement north of the bridge from that south of the bridge.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Siege of Fort Nashwaak</span> Action of King Williams War

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fort Nashwaak</span>

Fort Nashwaak was the capital of Acadia and is now a National Historic Site of Canada in present-day Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. It was located strategically up the Saint John River and close to the native village Fort Meductic for military purposes.

Route 620 is a 42.5-kilometre (26.4 mi) long mostly north–south secondary highway in the eastern portion of New Brunswick, Canada.

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The Becaguimec Stream is a minor tributary of the Saint John River in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick. It rises in the hilly woods along the county line dividing Carleton County, Canada from York County, Canada in the western region of the province. Its watershed is adjacent to the South Branch of the Southwest Miramichi River, the Nashwaak River, the Keswick River and the Nackawic Stream.

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    Coordinates: 46°05′46″N66°36′42″W / 46.096031°N 66.611695°W / 46.096031; -66.611695