The Bartibog River (also spelled Bartibogue) is a

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of the

Miramichi River The Miramichi River is a river located in the east-central part of New Brunswick, Canada. The river drains into Miramichi Bay in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The name may have been derived from the Montagnais words "Maissimeu Assi" (meaning Mi'km ...

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, Canada. It honours Bartholomew La Bogue, a Micmac chief, "who was called Balt Bogue by the Indians (indigenous) and Bartabogue by the French and English" (Rayburn)". The Bartibog River rises in northeastern Northumberland County and flows east and south into the Miramichi River at the local service district of

Oak Point-Bartibog Bridge Oak Point-Bartibog Bridge ( ) is a local service district in New Brunswick, Canada. The name is sometimes spelled Bartibogue Bridge. History Two noted landmarks are the MacDonald Farm Provincial Historic Site, an 18th-century stone farmhouse b ...

. The Bartibog River watershed is entirely rural, dominated by forests and small farms in the communities of

Lower Newcastle-Russellville Lower Newcastle-Russellville was a Local service district in New Brunswick. It is now part of the Greater Miramichi rural district. History Notable people See also *List of communities in New Brunswick This is a list of communities in New ...

, Bartibog, and Bartibog Station. Below Russellville the river is tidal. The promontory on the east bank of the Bartibogue where it meets the Miramichi is called Moody's Point. It is the location of one of the oldest Roman Catholic Churches in the Miramichi Valley, Sts Peter and Paul's, dating from the 1850s. The lower stretches of the Bartibogue were settled by people from Scotland, arriving from the 1780s onward. They were of mixed Catholic and Presbyterian background. A number of Irish families and several

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families settled later. The Bartibogue River along with the area in general has been known to be a hot spot for tornadoes, often being referred to as the "tornado alley" of New Brunswick.

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Rivers of New Brunswick Landforms of Northumberland County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-river-stub