Lamèque
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Lamèque (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a former town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held town status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Île-de-Lamèque.
Of Amerindian rather than French origin, "Lamèque" comes from the Micmac Elmugwadasik, a descriptive reference to the fact that "the head of the tidal river is turned to one side". The name of the island approved by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names in 1974, the result of a local petition replaced the earlier Shippegan.[1]
History
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On 1 January 2023, Lamèque amalgamated with the village of Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël and annexed the local service districts making up the remainder of Lamèque Island to form the new town of Île-de-Lamèque.[3][4] Lamèque's name remains in official use as a community.[5]
Demographics
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
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1,370 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1,360 | Increase 2.3% | 99.27% | 10 | Increase n/a% | 0.73% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.00% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.00% | |||||
2006 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1,330 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1,330 | Decrease 10.1% | 100.00% | 0 | Decrease 100.0% | 0.00% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.00% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.00% | |||||
2001 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1,495 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1,480 | Decrease 5.1% | 99.00% | 15 | Decrease 50.0% | 1.00% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.00% | 0 | Steady 0.0% | 0.00% | |||||
1996 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1,590 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1,560 | n/a | 98.11% | 30 | n/a | 1.89% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |||||
Economy
Lamèque's economy is tied to the fishing and peat industries.
Attractions
The Lamèque Eco-Parc offers numerous flora and fauna features representative of the Acadian Peninsula.
Notable people
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See also
References
External links
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- ↑ Frommers. Acadian Peninsula
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