Nelson-Miramichi, New Brunswick

Prior to municipal amalgamation on January 1, 1995, Nelson-Miramichi was an incorporated village in Northumberland County and one of the oldest European settlements in the Miramichi Valley.

English quotes historian William Francis Ganong as saying that an early Recollect Mission originally thought to have been establish at Burnt Church was actually at Nelson around 1686.

Nelson also had a woolen mill, carding mill, a tannery, schools churches, stores, post office, ferries, tugboats, a railroad connection, Beaubear's Co-op Store, fire-hall, village office, rec center, outdoor skating rink, two softball fields and a large modern papermill.

An Interpretive Center and Museum located in Nelson's Bicentennial Park provide a history of the shipbuilding industry on the island.

Local players representing Team New Brunswick included Jake O'Neil(3B), Ashley Cosgrove(P), and Thomas McCarthy(C).

It is a picturesque community on the south shore of the Miramichi River with its elegant older homes and two-spired St. Patrick's Church.