Rural Routes New Brunswick - Bartibog Bridge

Tourist Regions

2540 KING GEORGE HWY
Miramichi, New Brunswick
E1V 6W0

New Brunswick Tourism Region : Mirimichi River Valley

Description From Owner:

In 1686 the Micmac knew the place as Nabeltagook, or 'dead,' with reference to the sluggish waters of the river.
There is no definitive explanation of this place name. According to historian William Ganong, 'tradition derives it from the name of a Micmac chief, Bartholomew LaBogue or Barthélemi Labauve.'
And historian Alan Rayburn offers that this person was named: 'Balt Bogue by the Indians and Bartabogue by the French and English.' The place was settled by Scottish immigrants in 1812 and Irish immigrants in 1822.
By 1815 Alexander MacDonald had built a two-storey sandstone Georgian-style house on a commanding site at the confluence of the Bartibog R. with Miramichi Bay.
Today guided tours are offered through MacDonald Farm Provincial Historic Site at 600 Route 11.
With permission from 'New Brunswick Place Names' David E. Scott 2009

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Nearby:	Miramichi, 0km Hortons Creek, 1km Little Branch, 4km Bay du Vin, 3km Bay du Vin Beach, 4km Point aux Carr, 5km Fowlies Mill, 4km Victoria, 4km Auburnville, 5km Point Gardiner, 7km Bay du Vin Island Protected Natural Area, 9km Black River Bridge, 9km Napan Bay, 9km The Willows, 11km Oak Point (The Willows), 11km Gregan, 10km Hardwicke, 10km	Redmondville, 13km St. Margarets, 15km Barryville, 14km Glenelg, 15km New Jersey, 18km Lower Napan, 13km Burnt Church, 18km Wine River, 18km Eel River Bridge, 13km Saints Peter and Paul Church, 14km MacDonald Farm, 15km Village-Saint-Laurent, 21km Laketon, 21km Winston, 18km MacDonald Farm Wildlife Management Area, 15km Portage Island National Wildlife Area, 18km Girouard Shipwreck Site, 19km	Manuels, 15km Lagacéville, 21km Esgenoôpetitj 14, 21km Loggieville, 15km Drisdelle Settlement, 22km Glenwood, 16km Black River Protected Natural Area, 20km Rivière-des-Caches, 22km Alnwick, 24km Lower Newcastle, 17km Robichaud Settlement, 24km Russellville, 18km Centre Napan, 17km Baie-Sainte-Anne, 17km Saint-Wilfred, 24km Neguac, 24km

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