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Miramichi River Valley NB 46°44′24″N 65°49′52″W / 46.7401°N 65.831°W / 46.7401; -65.831 ( Sturgeon Miramichi River Valley municipality ( 9648 )
April 24, 1986 (1960 W. Broad St. No: Demolished: 21 #: Coe Mound: July 18, 1974 (West of High Street [1]: No: Site and its coordinates are restricted 22 #: Truman and Sylvia Bull Coe House
The first was the "passing bell" to warn of impending death, followed by the death knell which was the ringing of a bell immediately after the death, and the last was the "lych bell", or "corpse bell" which was rung at the funeral as the procession approached the church. [1] This latter is closest to what is known today as the Funeral toll.
Located on S side of the Miramichi River, 3.71 km S of Chatham Head: Nelson Parish and Chatham Parish, Northumberland County: PO Nelson 1842-1868: in 1871 Nelson had a population of 600: in 1898 Nelson was a station on the Canada Eastern Railway and a farming, lumbering and fishing community with 8 stores, 1 hotel, 2 sawmills, 1 tannery, 1 ...
The city of Miramichi is a local service centre for the county and surrounding regions with schools, hospitals and government offices and retail locations. The county has several saw mills in the city of Miramichi and up the Southwest Branch of the Miramichi River. There were formerly two large pulp and paper mills at Miramichi.
Miramichi has several sports teams, including two ice hockey teams. The home rink of the Miramichi Timberwolves of the Maritime Junior Hockey League is the Miramichi Civic Centre. The city's baseball team, the Chatham Ironmen, winner of the 1995 Canadian Senior Baseball Nationals, plays in the New Brunswick Senior Baseball League at Ironmen Field.
businessman and politician, former Premier of NB, former ambassador to the United States George Roy McWilliam: 1905: 1977: longtime Member of Parliament Peter Mitchell: 1824: 1899: politician, Father of Confederation, former Premier of NB (as a British Province) and MP Joseph Leonard O'Brien: 1895: 1973: politician and businessman, former ...
The Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel is located on a hill overlooking the Miramichi River in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. It is a prominent feature of the former town of Chatham, New Brunswick, and one of the largest churches in Eastern Canada [citation needed]. It is now included within the city of Miramichi, which was formed in ...