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Northesk, — N. Parish est. 1814. Settled first along the Miramichi by a very 

 few Scotch settlers, prior to 1785; later, with some Loyalist expansion, 

 English, Scotch and Irish immigrant settlements have gradually ex- 

 tended up the north-west to Portage river, reaching it about 1814, and 

 Tomogonops before 1819; in the interior are some native expansion 

 settlements, noted under their respective names. 



Northfield, — S. Parish est. 1857. Settled mostly by immigrants, chiefly Irish, 

 with some native settlers, an expansion from Grand Lake, as noted 

 under the respective settlements. 



North Joggins, — W. Free stone quarry village, formerly active, now aban- 

 doned, formed by native settlers, mostly from Westmorland. (Loc. inf). 



North Lake, — Y. Parish est. 1879. Settled apparently first in 1842 at Maxwell, 

 on Eel river, since which time a few other settlements have been 

 gradually formed by native expansion, as noted under their respective 

 names. 



North Richmond,— Cn. Settled 1823 by Andrew Currie, from the St. John. 

 (W. O. Raymond, Ms.). 



Norton,— K. Parish est. 1795. Settled originally along the Kennebecasis by 

 Loyalists in 1783 and later, and in the interior by later expansion of 

 their descendants. 



Nortondale, — Y. Native settlement, formed about 1860 by ■ expansion from 

 Carleton County. (Loc. inf.). 



Norton Station, — R.R. station est. 1859, and a junction of the Central Rail- 

 way. Near here was the " Fingerboard," where the old road to Frederic- 

 ton left the Westmorland-St. John Road. (Alexander, L'Acadie, II, 

 105). 



Nowian, — N. Also Reynolds. Said locally to have been settled in 1827 and 

 later by Irish settlers from the Miramichi; later expanded, with Barnahy 

 River, to form the village of Nelson. (Loc. inf.). 



Oak Bay,— C. Loyalist settlements extending all around the bay, formed in 

 1784 by the Penobscot Association of Loyalists, whose descendants still 

 occupy their lands. (Vroom, Courier, CVI). 



Oak Hill, — C. An expansion from Scotch Ridge. 



Oak Mountain, — Cn. See Spearville. 



Oak Point, — N. Former small Acadian settlement with 5 families, said to 



have come from Cambridge, Mass., about 1800, — but after 1812 they 



removed elsewhere. (Plessis, 174; loc. inf.). 



Oak Ridge, — S. Small native farming settlement, formed before 1879 under 

 the Free Grants Act, with but few settlers. 



Ohio Settlement,— Kt. Acadian farming settlement, formed about 1840 by 

 expansion from St. Anthony. (Loc. inf.; Johnston, N. A., II, 62). 



Old Fort, — J. A well known locality on the west side of St. John Harbour, 

 occupied by a series of forts from 1645 or earlier down to Fort Frederick. 

 (Hist. Sites, 276, 277, 278). 



