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St. Louis,— Kt. Parish est. 1S55 (called Palmerston until 1866). Settled first 

 in 1790 by Acadians at Aldouanc and somewhat later by them on the 

 Eotichibouguacshs. These settlements have gradually expanded up those 

 rivers and to the backlands. 



St. Martins, — J. Parish est. 17S6. Settled first at Quaco in 1783 by a dis- 

 banded Loyalist regiment, the King's Orange Rangers, and in the 

 interior by native expansion and Irish immigrants, as noted under the 

 respective settlements. At the mouths of the various rivers, and at 

 Martins Head, are early tiny mill villages. (History of the regiment, 

 by Raymond, in Coll. N.B. Hist. Soc, II, 218; location in Hist. Sites, 

 342, and Map 46). 



St. Martin's village rose to importance between 1840 and 1850 as 

 a shipbuilding centre. (St. John Sun, October 30, 1896). 



St. Mary's, — Y. Parish est. 1786. Includes the early township Newton, and 

 an early trading establishment Monchton. and an early French fort and 

 Acadian settlement Nachouac. Its permanent settlement began in the 

 English period with certain farmers and traders at the mouth of the 

 Nashwaak, but its principal settlement was by soldiers of disbanded 

 Loyalist and Scotch regiments, especially the Maryland Loyalists 

 along the Nashwaak and the 42nd Highlanders. Many of the latter 

 afterwards removed to the Miramichi, as did their descendants. The 

 interior settlements are expansions of these or from other parts of 

 the province, as noted under their respective names. (Winslow Papers, 

 497; Smith's Methodism, 91; History of the regiments, by Raymond, 

 Coll. N.B. Hist. Soc, II, 210; location in Hist. Sites, 341 and Map 46). 

 St. Mary's village has largely grown up since the construction of 

 the bridge across the St John, in part as a R.R. station and practically 

 a terminus. 



St. Mary, — Kt. Parish est. 1867. Settled chiefly by Acadians, an expansion 

 from the older settlements of Kent. 



St. Patrick,— C. Parish est. 17S6. Settled flrst at the mouth of the Digdeguash 

 by a few settlers in the English period, but its modern settlement 

 began in 1784 when the Penobscot Association of Loyalists settled 

 along Passamaauoddy Bay, and the 74th Highlanders, a disbanded 

 Scottish regiment, settled on the Digdeguash. The descendants of 

 these settlers, with some later immigrants, have expanded to the 

 interior. 



St. Patrick's village was, in the 30's and 40's. an important lumber- 

 ing, mill and shipbuilding centre, but is now abandoned. (Vroom, 

 Courier, XCV, CIII; Winslow Papers, 489). 



St. Paul,— Kt. Parish est. 1883. Settled first about 1860 under the auspices 

 of Bishop Sweeney of St. John, by Acadians from Memramcook, Fox 

 Creek, Cape Bald, St. Mary and Buctouche and especially from Egmont 

 Bay, Prince Edward Island. History of its origin in Rameau, II, 279; 

 (Loc. inf.). 



St. Peter's, — G. An old name for Bathurst. 



St. Rose, — G. Est. recently under the Free Grants Act. 



