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Kouchibouguac, New Brunswick

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Coordinates: 46°47′44.6″N 65°3′21.1″W / 46.795722°N 65.055861°W / 46.795722; -65.055861
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Kouchibouguac

Kouchibouguac is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Kouchibouguac is also home to Kouchibouguac National Park.

Kouchibouguac is a corruption, partially through the French, of the Micmac Pijeboogwek, meaning "long tideway river"- a descriptive for the length of the river's tidal estuary. Name adopted for the national park in 1971.[1]

History

See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Kent County, New Brunswick

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Kent County, New Brunswick

See also

References

  1. ^ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 78. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.

Geographical Names Board of Canada

46°47′44.6″N 65°3′21.1″W / 46.795722°N 65.055861°W / 46.795722; -65.055861


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