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New Brunswick Tourism Region : Mirimichi River Valley
Description From Owner:
- In 1765 William Davidson (1740-1790) secured a grant of 40,000 hectares of land on the Miramichi.
- He founded the local salmon fishery, was contractor of masts for the Royal Navy, a lumber merchant, shipbuilder and a member of the first New Brunswick Assembly.
- He is buried in the cemetery that forms part of The Enclosure.
- Much of his grant land now is a provincial park at the junction of the Southwest and Northwest Miramichi Rs. which was acquired, restored, named and donated to New Brunswick in 1949 by Lord Beaverbrook.
- With permission from 'New Brunswick Place Names' David E. Scott 2009
Address of this page: http://nb.ruralroutes.com/TheEnclosure