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The Miramichi River / ˌ m ɪr ə m ɪ ˈ ʃ iː / is a river located in the east-central part of New Brunswick, Canada. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The river drains into Miramichi Bay in the Gulf of St. Lawrence .
Bay du Vin is a small but picturesque unincorporated community located on the south shore of Miramichi Bay, 24 km east of the former town of Chatham (now a part of Miramichi), New Brunswick, Canada. It is suggested that its name comes from a corruption of the French "Baie de Vents" meaning "Bay of Winds" rather than the widely supposed "Bay of ...
Map of New Brunswick showing the major streams and rivers. This is a List of bodies of water in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, including waterfalls.. New Brunswick receives precipitation year-round, which feeds numerous streams and rivers.
Miramichi Bay is an estuary located on the west coast of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick, at the mouth of the Miramichi River. [1] Miramichi Bay is separated into the "inner bay" and the "outer bay", with the division being a line of uninhabited barrier islands which are continually reshaped by ocean storms.
The Miramichi River valley initially became a refuge for Acadians fleeing the Great Upheaval in the Annapolis Valley, Tantramar Marshes and Ile-Saint-Jean following the Seven Years' War, however these families were soon forced to move to more isolated coastal areas to the northeast. Under British control, the area was part of the Colony of Nova ...
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.
Communities amalgamated in 1995 to form the City of Miramichi, New Brunswick. Loggieville is a Canadian suburban neighbourhood in the city of Miramichi, New Brunswick.The community is located at the mouth of the Miramichi River on the southern bank where the river estuary discharges into the bay.
The Pratt family leased the fishing rights on this lake and the headwaters of the Little Southwest Miramichi River from the provincial government. Sherman Pratt was the founder of the Grenville Baker Boys Club (of Locust Valley, New York), [ 4 ] and allowed the use of the Pratt Camp as a summer camp for its members, approximately hosting thirty ...