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Napierville
A town located at the junction of Rtes 219 and 221, east of Autoroute
15. (45.186N/73.406W) Named after Napier Christie (Burton), the owner of
the Seigniories of Lacolle and De Léry in the early 1800s.
Napierville Catholic Cemetery
See: Cimetière de Napierville.
Napierville Protestant Cemetery
An old protestant cemetery located at Douglas' Corners on Rte 219, a
short distance to the east of Autoroute 15. (45.196N/73.446W)
Napierville County
A county created in 1855 that included the so-called Sherrington
Township and the late seigniories north of it and parts of the
Seigniories of Lasalle and DeLéry. It became part of the MRC Les
Jardins-de-Napierville in the early 1980s.
Napierville Junction Railway
A railway line running from Rouses Point (NY), through Lacolle to
Adirondack Junction at Kahnawake. They did not own much rolling stock
but rather made handsome profits by charging other railways the right to
pass over their rails. According to signs, it now appears to be owned by
the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
Napierville Post Office
The Napierville Post Office has been in operation since before 1832.
Napierville Station
A railway station on the Napierville Junction Railway line. It is
located on the west side of Napierville where the rail line crosses Rte
219. (45.192N/73.416W)
Napper Road
A road in Hemmingford Township, running from the Williams Road, 1mi
(1.6km) east of Rte 219, north to the Fisher Road. (45.076N/73.563W)
Named after Alexander Napper, son of an early settler and a horse
trader.
Naroua Lac
A name for Lake St-Francis on a 1656 New France Map. It is the Algonquin
word for Iroquois.
Nesbitt's Mill
The location of a mill on the English River close to where the present
Montée Giroux crosses the river. (45.059N/73.689W) Called Languedoc's
Mill in 1839.
New Beauharnois Canal
The Beauharnois Power Canal built in the early 1930s to provide water
from Lake St-Francis to the new Shawinigan Heat, Light & Power Company
hydroelectric generating plant at Melocheville. (45.245N/73.977W) It
became part of the St-Lawrence Seaway when the Seaway was built in the
mid 1950s to replace the Soulanges Canal.
New Erin (Godmanchester)
The northeast end of the Third Concession (Godmanchester).
(45.14N/74.15W) Name derived from the early Irish settlers. Also called
New Ireland.
New Erin Post Office
The New Erin Post Office operated from 1897 until 1915.
New Erin Station
A railway station on the New York Central (Conrail) Railway line where
it crossed the New Erin Road (Chemin New Erin), 0.5mi (0.8km) WSW of the
Seigniorial Sideroad. (45.146N/74.138W)
New Found Out (Newfoundout)
A settlement on the Second Concession (Godmanchester) which is now the
Second Range (St-Anicet). It was the area on the northeast side of the
east branch of the Laguerre River. It is 5.6mi (9km) NW of the Town of
Huntingdon, generally between the Quesnel Sideroad (Montée Quesnel) and
the Plank Road (Chemin de Planches). (45.12N/74.28W) Named by an early
settler because "it was a new discovery in the surrounding swamps".
New Ireland
Another name for New Erin.
New Lands (St-Louis)
The concessions in North Georgetown along the south side of the St-Louis
River. (45.24N/73.94W)
New Longueuil
An old name for St-Zotique or the seigniory surrounding St- Zotique on
the north side of Lake St-Francis, located 2mi (3.2km) SW of Coteau
Landing. (45.244N/74.246W)
New Road Settlement
A settlement west of Havelock Corners, along what is now Rte 202.
(45.05N/73.77W)
New Skye
The first name for the Isle of Skye Settlement.
New York Central Railway
An American railway company that ran a railway line through the valley
from Malone through Huntingdon, Valleyfield, Beauharnois, and
Châteauguay to Montréal in the 1890s. An earlier name was the New York
Central and Hudson River Railway (St-Lawrence and Adirondack Branch).
Following financial difficulties in the 1970s, it was reorganized as
Conrail.
Nichols Sideroad (Byroad)
A road in Hemmingford Township running south from Covey Hill Road, 2.3mi
(3.7km) from Cleland's Corners (Rte 219), along the east side of the
English River, to the US border. (45.011N/73.653W)
Ninth Range (Franklin)
It was previously the Ninth Range (Jamestown) that was detached and
added to the Township of Franklin when it was created. It is located on
the north side of Chemin Grimshaw (Grimshaw Road), SW of Rte 201, 1.3mi
(2km) north of Franklin Centre. (45.045N/73.93W)
Ninth Concession (Lacolle)
An area of Lacolle Township that is adjacent to the northeast corner of
the Fifth Range in Hemmingford Township, that runs along the Quest Road.
(45.098N/73.522W)
Nitro
A company town on Grande-Île, 2.3mi (3.7km) east of Valleyfield, built
during the early 1940s to house the workers at the Dominion Industries
Ltd. (DIL) munitions plant. (45.276N/74.093W)
Nitro Post Office
The Nitro Post Office operated from 1941 until 1961, when its name was
changed to Valleyfield Sub No 6.
North Burke (NY)
A hamlet in northern New York, located 0.3mi (0.5km) south of the
Jamieson Lines Customs. (44.987N/74.175W)
North Creek
A mis-spelt version of Norton Creek on one old map.
Northern Railroad of New York
A railway company that built a rail line from Rouses Point (NY), through
Malone (NY), to Ogdensburg (NY), in 1848. It later became the Ogdensburg
Railway in 1858, Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad in 1864 and
eventually Rutland Railroad Co.
North Georgetown
A region of the Seigniory of Beauharnois, bounded on the north by the
St-Louis River, on the east by Annstown region, on the south by the
Châteauguay River and on the west by Ormstown region. (45.2N/73.9W)
North Georgetown Post Office
The North Georgetown Post Office operated from before 1832 until 1915.
It was located at Reeve's Tavern on the north side of the Châteauguay
River, 0.25mi (0.4km) west of the Turcot Bridge. (45.199N/73.870W)
North Street (Hemmingford Village)
The local name for the section of Frontier Street (Rte 219), north of
the corner with Rte 202.
Norton Creek
A tributary of the English River with its source in the US, north of
Mooers Forks and crossing the border, 1.8mi (2.9km) west of Hemmingford
Customs. (45.004N/73.640W) It flows generally north to the region around
Ste-Clothilde and then west to join the English River at Aubrey Village.
(45.149N/73.792W) Named after David and Ebenezer Norton, early american
settlers. One old map called it North Creek.
Norton Creek (hamlet)
A hamlet that was first located at a mill site on the Norton Creek where
it crosses Rte 209, 1.6mi (2.6km) west of Ste-Clothilde.
(45.151N/73.704W) It was also called Brownville for a time and also
Norton Creek Crossing. It's name was later moved downstream to the
hamlet of McGill's Corners where the Norton Creek Post Office was
established some time before 1832.
Norton Creek Crossing
An early name for the first Norton Creek hamlet. It referred to the
point where the "Black Cattle Road" crossed the Norton Creek.
Norton Creek Post Office
The Norton Creek Post Office operated from before 1832 until 1914. It
was located at the old McGill's Corners hamlet. The earliest Norton
Creek Post Office may have been located at the first Norton Creek
location according to an 1839 map.
Norvalton
An early, short-lived name for St-Chrysostome Village, named after
Robert Norval, a seigniory official.
Notre-Dame-de-Mont-Carmel
The present name for the village around the old railway junction of
Cantic. (45.070N/73.342W)
Nouvelle-Cadie, La
An old local name for L'Acadie.
Nouveau Salaberry Post Office
The Nouveau Salaberry Post Office operated from 1936 until 1948. It was
located at 10 Grande-Île Street in present day Valleyfield.
Nun's Island (Île-des-Soeurs)
Another common name for Île-St-Bernard at the mouth of the Châteauguay
River. Named because the Soeurs de la Charite de l'Hopital de Montreal
(Gray Nun's) owned the Seigniory of Châteauguay from 1671 and had a base
of operations and hospital on the island. Not to be confused with the
other Nun's Island, part of Verdun.
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