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Downtowns Miramichi - Newcastle Business District

In 1999 Downtown Miramichi Business Network became the new name of the Newcastle Business Association which had been formed in 1983 to ensure that the former Town of Newcastle had a strong, vital and livable business district that all citizens could be proud of. Today, Downtown Miramichi still holds the same objectives of the Newcastle Business Association for the owners and merchants within and around the Business Improvement Area. The organization is controlled by a Board of Directors, elected by the business community, and is administered by a full time Marketing and Event Co-ordinator.

Downtowns Miramichi - Historic Chatham Business District

From Jacques Cartier's voyage of 1534 through early French rule and England's victory in 1758, our history is shaped by sea and timber.

Nestled under the Province of New Brunswick's longest bridge, the Historic Water Street Business District is home to the famous Cunard brothers who established a huge shipbuilding and lumbering enterprise. During our great shipbuilding era, over 450 ships were launched in Miramichi.

Bennett, Tweedie, Snowball, Loggie, Peabody, Johnson and Cunard are but a few of the many great men who shaped the character and amassed great fortunes in Miramichi.

On January 1, 2000 the Province of New Brunswick officially designated the Water Street Business District as New Brunswick's fri st provincial historic district under subsection 2(3) of Historic Sites Protection Act. The commemorative plaque reads "Historically, the Water Street area and the adjacent Miramichi riverfront bustled with shipping, shipbuilding, lumber industries and commerce. the enduring spatial quality and architectural character are reminiscent of the past."