Place:Napan, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

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NameNapan
Alt namesCentre Napansource: part of settlement
Lower Napansource: nearby settlement
Napan Baysource: nearby settlement
Upper Napansource: nearby settlement
TypeCommunity
Coordinates46.889°N 65.512°W
Located inNorthumberland, New Brunswick, Canada
See alsoGlenelg, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canadaparish in which it is located
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Napan is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi) north of Moncton. It is near Chatham, a neighbourhood of the city of Miramichi, accessible from Highway 11.

Running through the community is the Napan River, and four bridges cross the river at various points: at Hannah Lane, Highway 11, Johnston Lane, and Highway 117. There was also once a crossing at White Lane. At one time, these bridges were covered (i.e. they were roofed over), although all have been upgraded to steel and concrete structures.

Once a thriving farming community, the Napan landscape is now still agricultural, but has less farms. In its earlier history, Napan was also the home of several sawmills and grist mills, as well as a creamery.

Napan was originally settled largely by Scottish immigrants, many of whom had roots in Dumfriesshire. The community was once known by its constituent parts, which at one time included Upper Napan, Centre Napan, Lower Napan, and Napan Bay. These various communities, although still known locally by these separate names, are more generally known as Napan.

Research Tips

  • New Brunswick Provincial Archives. This is the introductory page. The tabs will lead you to more precise material.
  • The FamilySearch wiki. This lists the availability of vital statistics indexes for New Brunswick.
  • New Brunswick GenWeb. A round-up of a lot of genealogical information at the province, county and parish level. Lists of cemeteries and monumental inscriptions can be found here.
  • The Provincial Archives website titled The Placenames of New Brunswick has maps of all of its parishes and descriptions of some communities within them. This site contains "cadastral" maps for each parish illustrating the grantee’s name for land granted by the province. These maps are cumulative, showing all grants regardless of date.
  • Microfilm images of all Canadian censuses 1851-1911 are online at Library and Archives Canada, as well as at FamilySearch and Ancestry. The 1921 census appears to be available only at Ancestry.
  • The CanGenealogy page for New Brunswick. An overview of available online sources with links written by Dave Obee.
  • More possibilities can be found by googling "New Brunswick province family history" and investigating the results.
  • The word "rencensement", found in Sources, is French for "census".
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