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
DeLéry in the early 1800s.
Napierville Catholic Cemetery
A catholic cemetery in Napierville, located on Rte
219, 0.3mi (0.5km) north of the junction with Rte
221. (45.191N/73.401W)
Napierville Cemetery
An old protestant cemetery on Rte 219. Exact
location not yet determined?
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.
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 Water &
Power Company hydroelectric generating plant at Beauharnois.
(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 Fourth 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 thru 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 Jamison 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 Raiway 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 St-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 St-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)
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 Order of 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.