Nicholas-Denys

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Nicholas Denys
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Nicholas Denys
Location within New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 47°41′53″N65°53′08″W / 47.698055°N 65.88555°W / 47.698055; -65.88555
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick
County Gloucester
Parish Beresford
Electoral Districts   
Federal

Acadie—Bathurst
Provincial Restigouche-Chaleur
Government
  Type Local service district
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code(s)
E8K
Area code 506
HighwaysNone

Nicholas Denys is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. [1]

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Commemorates the career of Nicolas Denys (1598-1688), one of the leading figures in seventeenth-century Acadia. In 1654 he was appointed governor of the "coasts and islands of the Gulf of St. Laurence from Canso to Gaspe". Died probably at Nepisiguit, in 1688. Post office from 1940 to 1970. [2]

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References

  1. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Nicholas Denys
  2. Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 82. ISBN   0-7715-9754-1.