Minto (Saint John River Valley)
1. Hardwood Ridge Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Stephen Linton was the first postmaster when the post office opened in 1866 and he called the place Linton. The origin of the place name Hardwood Ridge has not been recorded.
2. Minto Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (506) 327-3383 FAX: (506) 327-3041 - Leave a Public Review
Coal mining has been carried on in this area since the 1760s when Joseph Garrison discovered coal outcroppings on the shore of Grand L. and inland to the NW.
  3. Avon Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  4. Canning Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  5. Cantor Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  6. Flowers Cove Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  7. New Avon Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  8. New England Settlement Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  9. New Zion Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  10. Newcastle Bridge Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  11. Newcastle Centre Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  12. Newcastle Creek Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  13. North Minto Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  14. Rothwell Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  15. Scale Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  16. Slope Road Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  17. South Minto Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  18. Sunbury Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  19. Albrights Corner (Ripples, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  20. Bull Pasture Bog Protected Natural Area (Ripples, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
21. Burpee / Podnocker Cove (Ripples, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Podnocker Cove : The place was possibly named for the 'pod auger,' a straight, grooved type later replaced by the screw auger.
  22. Burpee Wildlife Management Area (Ripples, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  23. Clarks Corners (Ripples, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
24. Douglas Harbour (Ripples, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The place was first known by the Maliseet as Skumcook, believed to mean 'sand bay.' It was later named Douglas Harbour to honour Sir Howard Douglas (1776-1861), lieutenant-governor of NB from 1823-1832.
  25. Fernmount (Ripples, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  26. Maquapit Lake (Ripples, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
27. McGowans Corner (Ripples, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The post office opened as Tilley's Landing in 1854 but the name later changed to McGowan's Corner after Thomas McGowan who was a lumberman here in the 1860s, or another McGowan who operated a tavern.
  28. Portobello Creek National Wildlife Area (Ripples, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
29. Princess Park (Ripples, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The former estate of E. Stone Wiggins, was probably named for the occurrence of Prince's Pine (Pinus banksiana) on the seawall here.
  30. Randall Corner (Ripples, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
31. Ripples (Ripples, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The community has been called Back Road and Ripples Front and when the post office opened in 1855 the name was Little River.
32. Scotchtown (Ripples, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The place was first settled by Loyalists and later, around 1800, by immigrants from Scotland. The post office opened in 1860 as Scotch Town and later changed to Scotchtown.
33. Sheffield (Ripples, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Sheffield Parish was established in 1786 and named for John Baker Holroyd, Baron Sheffield of Dunamore (1735-1821).
  34. Bagdad (Youngs Cove, 18km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  35. Cox Point (Youngs Cove, 18km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
36. Cumberland Bay (Youngs Cove, 18km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name Cumberland Bay is first found in a 1784 land grant. The portage route from Maugerville to NS was through Grand L., Cumberland Bay, the Canaan R. and the Petitcodiac R.
37. Grand Lake Protected Natural Area (Youngs Cove, 18km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name is appropriate as this 244 sq km body of water is New Brunswick's largest lake.
  38. Grant Settlement (Youngs Cove, 18km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
39. Mill Cove (Youngs Cove, 18km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
In Maliseet place was called Keskomeheauk, 'short cut,' because the land between Grand L. and Washademoak L. is shortest at this point.
  40. Partridge Valley (Youngs Cove, 18km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review