Upsalquitch | |
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Coordinates: 47°50′00″N66°53′00″W / 47.833333°N 66.883333°W Coordinates: 47°50′00″N66°53′00″W / 47.833333°N 66.883333°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Restigouche |
Parish | Eldon |
Electoral Districts Federal | Madawaska—Restigouche |
Provincial | Campbellton-Restigouche Centre |
Government | |
• Type | Local service district |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Postal code(s) |
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Area code(s) | 506 |
Access Routes | Upsalquitch River Road via Route 17 |
Upsalquitch is an unincorporated community in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada. [1] The town is located in the northern part of the province, near the Quebec border, south of Route 17.
Upsalquitch comes from the Mi'kmaq word Apsětkwĕchk which means "small river." [2]
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The Southeast Upsalquitch River is an eastern tributary of the Upsalquitch River in the northwest of New Brunswick, Canada, flowing through Northumberland County and Balmoral Parish and Addington Parish in Restigouche County.
The Popelogan River is a tributary of the Eastern shore Upsalquitch River, flowing particularly through the Addington Parish, in Restigouche County, in the Northwest the New Brunswick, in Canada.
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