Parish of St. James, NB Parish Geography

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The following villages/area are located in St. James Parish.
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Remember to check the History Section of this site for more information on any of these area.
Updated 2009

Ames Road	See Weeks Road
Anderson Settlement aka Andersonville	became part of Meredith Settlement
Baillie Settlement	Located east of LynnfieldBaillie was named for Thomas Baillie (1796-1863), the NB Surveyor General when the community was created in 1828. McGeorge's Corner became part of Baillie Settlement.
Barber Dam	This was a flag station on the CPR railway line. There was a sawmill and lathe factory and a half-dozen homes in the 1870s.
Basswood Ridge	Map showing settlers in 1889
Beaconsfield	north of DeWolfe it was originally called Porter Settlement. It became Beaconsfield in 1878 under the Free Grants Act.
Buchanan Hill	See Grimmer's Mountain
Bulger Brook	S. of Barber Dam
Canoose	Located west of Lynnfield, it was settled about 1878; there was a post Office there in the early 1900s,
Canoose Lake	includes Canoose Stream, Upper Canoose Flowage
Canoose River	Map showing tributaries before it empties into the St.Croix River courtesy of Ross Henderson.
Chiputne(c)ticook Ridge	collective name of all the ridges in the Parish...Scotch, Pomeroy, Little & Basswood
Christie Landing	located about 2 miles SW of Lower Little Ridge, the community no longer exists
Clark Ridge	Located along the St. Croix River at the end of Rt. 735/Gleason Rd.
Clarke's Point - see Pomeroy Ridge	see Pomeroy Ridge below
Cooks Brook	S of Barber Dam
Cranberry Lake	just N of the turn off to Moores Mills Village, west of Rt. 3
DeWolfe	About 3 miles north of Moores Mill along Rt. 3 towards Fredericton. Benjamin DeWolfe was one of the first settlers. It had a post office, church, and had 24 familes in 1866 and by 1898 had 150 people.
Digdeguash River	Runs N-S through the parish W of Rt. 630
Dog Brook	runs into Canoose Reservoir from NW side, located north of Pup Brook
English Cove	NW border of parish on St. Croix River
Faheys Hill	W of Rt. 740, north of Hayman Hill
Ghost Hill	south of Lynnfield Cemetery, on the cross road to Dewolfe/Rt. 3
Gleason Point	About 4 miles north of Pomeroy Ridge along the St. Croix River
Gleason Road	(See Scotch Ridge Map below)
Goat Brook	runs out of Canoose Reservoir near Lynnfield
Grand Falls	Dam on the St. Croix River at the end of Rt. 725, across from Kellyland, Maine
Green Brown Brook	Runs out of Canoose Stream parallel to Rt. 745
Grimmer's Mountain	At Oak Hill [formerly called Buchanan's Hill]
Halls Brook	NW corner of parish
Indian Pond	N of DeWolfe, S of Baillie
Island Hill	W. of Rt. 735 and S Rt. 730 , East of 725
Kates Hill	N of Rt. 730 and east of Basswood Ridge
King Brook	North East of Gleason Road near Clark Ridge
King Brook Lake	North East of Gleason Road near Clark Ridge
Lawrence Station	N of Watt Jct. on Rt. 3, it was named for Wheeler Lawrence in 1853 when the railway was build. At one time there was a post office, store, church, and had a population of 100.
Little Goat Brook	runs out of Canoose Flowage S of Lynnfield
Little Ridge	(see Lower Little Ridge)
Little Ridgeton	(see Lower Little Ridge)
Loon Bay	Beyond Beaconsfield on Rt. 745, along the St. Croix River
Lower Little Ridge	Along Rt. 725 overlooks the St. Croix River into Maine, was also known as Little Ridgeton, Little Ridge had a post office, and church, folks farmed & lumbered the area
Lynnfield	N. of DeWolfe, off Rt. 3, settled around 1831. History says it was haned for a favourite hymm of an early settler. At one time there was a post office, church and the population was up to 200
Macs Hill	N. of Scotch Ridge on Rt. 735
McGaw Hill	E of Green Brown Brook, W of Rt. 745
McGeorge's Corner	McGeorge's Corner was a small farming settlement with 17 families in 1866. I believe that it was named for William McGeorge, a blacksmith who came there in 1817 and died in January 1833. His descendants lived there until 1871. McGeorge's Corner became known as Baillie Settlement.
Meredith & Meredith Settlement	2 m NE of Lynnfield on Rt. 630, 1 m s of Anderson, includes Anderson Settlement. In the 1860s there were about 22 families including Henry Meredith Sr. & Jr;, had a post office up until 1917.
Middle Lake	North of Moores Mills Lake, east of Rt. 3
Mohannes Stream	Flows S and enters the St. Croix River near Upper Mills
Moores Mills	map by Marie Dick Darrach & Ross Henderson
Moores Mills Lake	Head E towards St. David Ridge, past Valley Rd intersection before you turn N on 750
N.W. Branch of Digedeguash River	N of Lynnfield, S of Andersonville
Oak Hill	along Rt. 745, west of DeWolfe, near Grimmer's Mtn
Pomeroy Ridge	map & index
Porter Settlement	See Beaconsfield above
Potter's Lake	Off Rt. 735 north of Barter's Settlement
Pup Brook	runs into Canoose Reservoir from NW side located south of Dog Brook
Rips	Following the St. Croix River South from English Cove are the rips in this order Tunnel,Joe Georges, Halls, Little Falls, Fork, Tyler, Rocky, Meetinghouse, Grassy Islands, Hancock Rips, Loon Bay, Canoose Rips, Dog Falls, Kendrick Rips, Grand Falls
Robinson District	bear left off Rt. 3 at Moores Mills onto Rt. 745; at next intersection is Robinson Rd.
Sandy Brook	E of Canoose and W of Ghost Hill
Scotch Ridge	,map & index
Scott Settlement	Out near Baillie, it was a small farming community in 1866 that had 13 families, most of who had the last name of Scott.
Shaws Brook	south of Pup Brook
St. Croix River	western boundary of St. James Parish; International Boundary between Canada and Maine in the Untied States
St. James Parish	created in 1823 from part of St. Stephen parish
Upper Little Ridge	Along Rt. 725 overlooks the St. Croix River into Maine
Watt- Watt Juntion	Settled ca 1854 by a Thomas Watt of Bermuda, it was a stop on the CPR line
Weatherby's Hill	About 10 miles out on Rt. 725
Weeks Road	W of Watt Jct. and N of Honeydale, it was also called Ames Road.
Woodland Flowage	SW corner of parish, SW of Rt. 725